{"id":115544,"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=ba87b35b789cd592e3a89ea45bd8ad03"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"eu-top-diplomat-a-mideast-conflict-is-not-in-anyones-interest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/eu-top-diplomat-a-mideast-conflict-is-not-in-anyones-interest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EU top diplomat: A Mideast conflict is not in anyone’s interest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nEuropean Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday that a new regional conflict in the Middle East is not in anyone’s interest.<\/p>\n
He said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde that the EU’s political goal is to prevent escalation, adding that he called on Israel and Iran to reduce tensions.<\/p>\n
“We say to Israel that it is in everyone’s interest not to have a regional conflict, and we said the same to the Iranians after the attack on the (Iranian) consulate in Damascus that a regional conflict is not in the interest of anyone, especially the people of Gaza,” he said.<\/p>\n
Borrell stressed that the only solution to the Palestinian issue is through building a Palestinian and an Israeli state.<\/p>\n
He said the EU’s strength is in its unity, but “unfortunately” the Europeans had clear and deep differences on Gaza.<\/p>\n
The EU top diplomat pointed out that European countries had been accused of double standards in dealing with Ukraine and the Israeli war on the Gaza St
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Source: Jordan News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday that a new regional conflict in the Middle East is not in anyone’s interest.<\/p>\n
He said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde that the EU’s …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n