  {"id":200922,"date":"2004-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200922"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:04:38","slug":"auto-insert-200922","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200922\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Bot on EU-Israel relationship &#8211; European Union press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Minister Bot on the relationship between the EU and Israel<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#555555;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">[ 13-12-2004 &#124; Press releases &#124; General Affairs and External Relations ]<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; Today the EU and Israel held their fifth meeting within the framework of the co-operation council.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; It was particularly successful: there is now a political agreement on the common EU-Israel action plan.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; For this I would like to express my gratitude to all those involved in the establishment of this plan &#8211; our Israeli friends, the Commission, the High Representative and his staff and a number of previous Presidencies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; Once all formal procedures are completed at the beginning of next year, implementation of the plan will commence.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; Right now I wish to emphasise the significance of this plan:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8211; Initially the plan will serve as a basis for the deepening of our dialogue and co-operation on political topics, such as the Middle East peace process, but also regarding issues such as possible international threats from terrorism and the distribution of weapons of mass destruction. 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