EU on Gaza: EU foreign affairs chief speaks after Lebanon meetings on Gaza war

Fore fore hey what title what title what title fore spee speaking I should speak French or English does matter what most of them are both and well Mr Borel welcome to Lebanon and uh we are glad Lebanon is glad that you are visiting today and that we uh aim at

Strengthening the our relations with the EU it’s very important for us there is a translation uh your visit to Lebanon signals an important Message Lebanon and Europe security and prosperity are inter interconnected if one sneezes the other catches the cold I strongly reaffirm that peace for Lebanon is essential and that all lebanes are attached to Peace the leane government is actively seeking to deescalate and Lebanese are exercising self-restraint uh the first is to avert there are some issues that we discussed was to avert a war that will have terrible consequences regionally and internationally second issue that the only political solution will put an that will put an

End to the conflict in the Middle East is and the political the the Palestinian uh conflict okay more precisely we discussed the Avenue The Avenues to guarantee a comprehensive and full implementation of United Nations security Council resolution 1701 I also reiterated lebanon’s commitment to the presence and safety of

UNIF I highlighted to Mr Bell the negative perception of the Declaration made by some members of the Israeli War cabinet and their terrible consequences I reaffirmed that the only political solution will put an end to the decades long cycle of violence to that end I underlined the importance of the eu’s strong commitments

Towards the political solution of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict I also highlighted the importance of reactivate to activate and enhance the partnership between between Lebanon and the EU and its partnership priorities which will ensure the the coming back of Lebanon to the international scene we believe in the importance of strengthening our bilateral relation

With the EU and the EU countries I also emphasize the need to put in context the new realities on the ground in Lebanon and in Syria it is crucial to find Sustainable Solutions and to encourage synergies of humanitarian assistance in a in a way that will ensure the safe and Swift

Return of the displaced syrians to their Homeland the pressure that Lebanon is bearing from the displacement crisis has exceeded all conceivable thresholds considering lebanon’s capacity the compounding effects of many crisis and its scarce resources the the displacement crisis if not solved will touch the essence of Lean well thank you Mr B for coming and the floor is yours thank you thank you dear Minister thank you to all of you I am very happy to be in leanon uh despite the dramatic uh circumstances which are sadly affecting the whole region and also to the libanese

People remember Minister some weeks ago we met together and you told me that everything that happen in the Middle East resonates in Lebanon has consequences for Lebanon for the better or for the worst and you ask me to increase the political engagement and political dialogue between the European Union and Lebanon

And that’s why today I am here after visiting Israel and Palestine I am here when we are seeing a worry intensification of exchange of fire across the Blue Line in the border between Lebanon and Israel and I think that the war can be prevented has to be avoided and diplomacy can Prevail to

Look for a better solution it is imperative to avoid the regional escalation in the Middle East is absolutely necessary to avoid libanon being drag into a regional conflict this is the last thing to Le needs already now more than 70,000 civilians have already been displayed in Lebanon 2000 unds in Northern

Israel almost 50,000 olive trees has been burned in the Border I am coming from a country where the olive trees are very much important so I understand how important can be nobody stands to from a original conflict and I am sending this message to Israel too nobody will win from a regional

Conflict I am here to explore the situation and to contribute to a way out of the crisis I repeat what you have said Minister diplomatic channels has to be open to signal that the war is not the only option is the worst option and to keep working in a diplomatic

Solution it is a whole International Community that has to work for a change in the Middle East we cannot continue with a deplorable awful track record of the last year or the last decade we cannot continue witnessing the suffering of the innocent women children and other civilians in Gaza

And we cannot watching the increasing violence of settles against civilians in the West Bank we have to move towards an end to the suffering of civilians in Gaza we need to see the United Nations security Council resolutions 2712 and 2720 implemented also here in Lebanon the

171 Minister you know that very well as much as we know that humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic I am shocked by the suffering of so many innocent civilians people are not only being bomb they are now starving according with the world food program 100% of the population of Gaza

Is now food insecure we need a pause that could come a permanent one and to increase our support to togethera people even War has laws and there are international humanitarian law that has to be respected as I said many times one haror doesn’t justify another and we have to understand that only

Peace will bring Safety and Security to the Middle East we cannot treat Gaza in isolation from the West Bank and Jerusalem Gaza is part of the broader Palestine question Gaza is an integral part of the territories occupi by Israel since 1967 and Gaza must be part of the future Palestinian

State the whole Community the whole International Community agrees in the two-state solution as the only viable solution that could bring peace and security for isra we must redouble our efforts to rela the peace process Israel has declared a goal to eradicate Hamas must be another way to eradicate Hamas

That another that creates so many innocent people being killed the only way is to Creation for Palestinian State offering a horizon of Hope for the Palestinians that’s what 17 172 countries has voted in favor at the United Nation General Assembly that is 90% of all United Nation member

States will notare efforts to finally make the two-state solution a reality I will be visiting Saudi Arabia tomorrow and I look forward to a substantive discussion on how we can build on our join European Union Arab initiative to concrete steps that could Galvanize a serious International Peace effort

Libanon is in the front line of this conflict a more stable libanon will be more able to defend its interest and Safeguard its independency and contribute to Regional stability allow me to point out the support of the European Union to the onlyi mission which most of our member states

Contribute with troops and boots on the ground I also want to pay tribute to the cooperation with the libanese armed forces and the remarkable performance of your army to libanese Armed Forces which H the lianes military tradition of service professionalism and dedication all all the European Union the ministry remains ready to support

Lebanon because supportting Lebanon is a way of contributing to the security and peace in the region thank you okay Mr borell you were talking about um Lea KH from Alat TV you were talking about um how this war is affecting the region uh and the escalation is going to affect it uh

Negatively there there should be a solution imposed who’s going to impose the solution meanwhile the security Council failed couple of times to stop this war who’s going to force Israel to stop this war it is only the International Community who can do it it’s only the International Community

There is not other Force at the European Union we have strongly supported the United Nations and allow me to pay tribute to the word done by the Secretary General and looking for peace and all the organizations of United Nations have supporting the people in Gaza only only the International

Community and by that I mean the Arab world the European Union the US everybody who wants to engage in peace this is the one who can build a solution and make it a reality not let the parties alone because it’s clear that 30 years after or law nothing good has

Happened so a strong engagement of the International Community is absolutely required European Union will be on that uh Tony mad from lbci TV uh in a newspaper article the following was written only the U EU foreign policy ch Chief Joseph pel seems to be setting clear goals for his peace settlement but

He has no real mandate and little sway over the key players your comment on that please and do you think that the EU could play a major role in De escalating the Israeli Hamas conflict and hisbah Israeli conflict and how thank you well this would require lecture to answer

This question look the European Union is not a state the European Union is uh not even a federation is a group of 27 member states each one of them remains Sovereign with respect to its foreign and security policy I am in charge of trying to build the common policy but common doesn’t mean

Unique common is something that we share but aart what we Shar it could be differences and in fact there are differences in the United Nations General Assembly 14 members of the European Union voted in favor of the ceas fire two oppose the others abstain it’s clear that there are

Differences but we are all together in one thing on the need to build a two State solution it’s not a little thing we have always been saying that but the moment has come to engage and to come from saying to doing and to put our efforts and

Capacities and we have a lot of effort of capacities we are the strongest supporter of the Palestinian Authority allow me to remember that we are the biggest founder of the Palestinian Authority is the time to make uh our idea of two State solution reality otherwise the cycle of violence will continue generation after

Generation funerals after funerals because you cannot kill an idea you can’t kill people but you cannot kill an idea the only way of killing a bad idea is to bring a good one and the good one is to make the Palestinians and Israelis living together in peace and security sharing the land

And this is the strong commitment that in European Union wants to take and it will be my honor to contribute as much as I can do that thank you very much Mr Bell uh I’d come back if you have questions for me but uh he has to go thank you you are

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BEIRUT, LEBANON – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell holds a news conference alongside Lebanon’s foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib during a visit to Lebanon for a series of meetings with top officials, including Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, army chief and foreign affairs minister and the head of the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Lebanon.

The EU said Borrell’s trip would involve discussions on the Gaza war, including the situation at the Israeli-Lebanese border and the risk of spillover.

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