EU congratulates Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes for relaunch of peace process

EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection, saying the EU was committed to working with the new Israeli government “on a mutually beneficial relationship as well as on the relaunch of the peace process.”

 

Mogherini said in a statement that “we are at a crucial moment, with many threats all over the Middle East.”

 

Without mentioning Netanyahu’s distancing himself from the two-state solution in the final day of the campaign, Mogherini said the EU “staunchly supports a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in the interest of the Israeli people, of the Palestinian people and of the whole region. We are at your side, you can count on us.”

 

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