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Mr President, it has to be said that the evacuation of the settlements in the Gaza Strip is long-awaited good news, within a context in which the only news we have been hearing has been of hate, death, endless suffering and desolation.
It now falls to the Palestinians – and I would like to mention their leader, Mahmoud Abbas
to follow the democratic path marked out, to control the extremist movements and to consolidate their institutions. For its part, Israel should also cease building new settlements and together, by means of dialogue, they should seek to establish, as Commissioner Verheugen has just said, two viable States which are secure and have recognised borders based on the United Nations’ resolutions. Of course, other problems remain to be solved, and these are clearly laid out in the road map. I refer to the problem of East Jerusalem, that of the refugees and that of the conflict between Israel and Syria. In addition, all this comes within a political context in which we have seen the resignation of Mr Netanyahu as a member of the government in order to contest Prime Minister Sharon’s leadership of Likud, and also in which there are going to be Palestinian elections. A European Union mission of observers led by our fellow Member Mrs Véronique De Keyser will monitor the latter, and I would like to wish it all the best.
I therefore welcome the statement by the Presidency-in-Office of the Council to the effect that the European Union must play a fundamental role, in order to achieve a fair and lasting peace in the region. The European Union is the main donor to Palestine. The Union is a partner of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and also of Syria in the future Association Agreement, so it is clear that it must play a fundamental role in the political and economic reforms in the region.
Consequently, I welcome the initiatives presented by the European Commission as a first step regarding the package of EUR 60 million to rebuild the infrastructures of the region and consolidate the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip."@en1
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