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09:48, January 25, 2008 |
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana spoke Thursday by phone with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmud Abbas to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza, a news release on Solana's website said.
Solana said the EU was deeply concerned over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, and urged Israel to ease the blockade on Gaza to allow entry for aid.
He also urged Hamas to stop its rocket attacks across the border "which endanger the lives of innocent civilians in Israel."
The EU will continue to closely follow the situation in Gaza and on the Gaza border, Solana said.
He said he would maintain "contact with the president of the Palestinian Authority as well as other leaders in the region, including the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa."
The EU will also continue to "urge the parties to the Middle East peace talks to do their utmost to meet the commitments they made at the Annapolis Conference and to advance on the path to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that was set out in Annapolis," he said.
Israel ordered the shut-down of all Gaza crossings in the wake of Hamas violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 and further tightened the siege recently in retaliation to ongoing makeshift rocket attacks carried out by Palestinian militants from Gaza against Israel.
Source:Xinhua
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