While US scales back Mideast peace goals, Europeans talk of re-launching diplomacy

The US and Europe appear to be moving in different directions regarding the immediate future of the Mideast diplomatic process, with US President Barack Obama scaling back ambitions for a comprehensive deal while the Europeans continue talking in terms of an overarching agreement.

 

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday in Brussels, on the eve of a visit Wednesday to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, that her visit just after the establishment of a new Israeli government was meant to send a message and had “political meaning.”

 

“The political meaning is that the EU as such is ready and willing to play a major role in relaunching the peace process on the basis of the two-state solution,” she said. “So my main message to the interlocutors there will be this: Count on the EU to work with our partners in the region and in the international community to support a restart of the peace process.”

 

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