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"en.20031023.2.4-111"2
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The problems of the Middle East are never far from our political sight, and nor should they be.
The bottom line is simply this. We have a roadmap for peace in the Middle East and we must all work together to implement it in its entirety.
That is not going to be easy by any means, in particular when one considers the levels of violence that we have all witnessed in the Middle East in recent times.
The Israeli Government has failed to meet its obligations to dismantle settlement outposts and freeze settlement activity.
The Palestinians have been unable to fulfil many of their commitments on the crucial issue of security.
I have spoken before of the need for imaginative gestures from both sides in this conflict.
The European Union does have an important political role to play in re-starting the peace process in the Middle East; it could certainly be seen to play a role as an honest broker in the region.
I would continue to urge the Italian Presidency of the Council to use every diplomatic means available to get the Middle East peace process back on track."@en1
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