  {"id":207539,"date":"2014-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207539"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:24:03","slug":"auto-insert-207539","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207539\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by EU High Representative Ashton after Foreign Affairs Council meeting &#8211; EU press release\/Non-UN document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27313%27%20height%3D%27174%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20313%20174%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27313%27%20height%3D%27174%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5caa50bf2f28d0f585257c9f0052934f_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"174px\" width=\"313px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#212100;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Brussels, 17 March 2014 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#212100;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>140317\/01<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#004080;text-align:center;font-size:19pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">R E M A R K S<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\"><strong>by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>following the Foreign Affairs Council <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>\/&#8230;<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>We also had a brief discussion about what we are doing on the Middle East Peace Process. We are fully supporting the US Secretary of State Kerry in his efforts and the Israeli and Palestinian engagement in the current negotiations.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The EU is determined to provide unprecedented support package for both parties in the context of the final status agreement on the basis of a special privileged partnership.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>We want this to create huge opportunities in transport, energy, water, environment, people and business to business.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>We want to see progressive market integration, trade and investment facilitation, research and innovation, security cooperation that will benefit Israelis and Palestinians, with a special emphasis on young people. Our approach will be tailor-made and will be negotiated with both partners.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>I just want to finally add that the EU opposes a boycott of Israeli companies and business. We don&#39;t want to see Israel isolated, but I reiterate our position regarding settlements and the territorial applicability of bilateral agreements.&quot;<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/statements\/docs\/2014\/140317_04_en.pdf\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><i>http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/statements\/docs\/2014\/140317_04_en.pdf<\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27127%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20524%20127%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27127%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5caa50bf2f28d0f585257c9f0052934f_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"127px\" width=\"524px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 17 March 2014 140317\/01 R E M A R K S &nbsp;by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton following the Foreign Affairs Council \/&#8230; We also had a brief discussion about what we are doing on the Middle East Peace Process. 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