{"id":251740,"date":"2021-05-15T12:45:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=251740"},"modified":"2021-05-17T12:46:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:46:31","slug":"eu-high-representative-vice-president-borrell-in-intense-efforts-to-contribute-to-de-escalation-of-violence-press-release","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/eu-high-representative-vice-president-borrell-in-intense-efforts-to-contribute-to-de-escalation-of-violence-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"EU High Representative\/Vice-President Borrell in Intense Efforts to Contribute to De-escalation of Violence – Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brussels, 15\/05\/2021 – 18:32, UNIQUE ID: 210515_2<\/p>\n

The European Union is actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to contribute to defusing the ongoing violence\u00a0in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u00a0Over the past days, High Representative for foreign Affairs and Security Policy \/ Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell has been continuing his outreach to support efforts to de-escalate the extremely worrying situation in the region, especially in and around Gaza. In all his contacts, High Representative Borrell condemned Hamas\u2019 and other groups\u2019 indiscriminate firing of rockets against civilian targets in Israel.\u00a0The\u00a0High Representative stressed that while\u00a0Israel has the right to protect its population from these kind of attacks, it must act proportionately and avoid civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

In reaching out to his interlocutors, HRVP Borrell has consistently underlined the need to immediately end the grave escalation of violence, prevent its further spillover and ensure that civilians on all sides are protected.\u00a0He has also called for full respect for international humanitarian law and for full humanitarian access to be granted to those most in need in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Root causes that have led to this situation must be addressed. The status quo of the holy sites needs to be respected and any acts of incitement around them avoided, as the HRVP underlined during his contacts. He also recalled the EU\u2019s long-standing position on the need to cease settlement activities, demolitions and evictions, including in East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

He held discussions\u00a0earlier this week with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. HRVP Borrell also exchanged views with key regional players, including Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi and Foreign Minister\u00a0of Turkey Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu.\u00a0At the same time, the HRVP remains in close contact with Foreign Ministers of EU Member States in order to coordinate and discuss how the EU can best contribute to ending the current violence.<\/p>\n

The HRVP has instructed the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, to work actively with other envoys from the Middle East Quartet to address the crisis.\u00a0On the ground, the EU Delegation in Tel Aviv and the EU Representation in Jerusalem are also engaging with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities and with Member States representatives.<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s priority and message in this context remains clear: violence must end now. There is an urgent need to address the root causes of the conflict and to find a political pathway, which allows for a return to meaningful negotiations towards a two-state solution based on the internationally agreed parameters.\u00a0 Both Israelis and Palestinians alike have the right to live in safety and security, freedom and democracy.\u00a0These constant cycles of violence must be brought to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a non-Â鶹APP document. The Â鶹APP provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the Â鶹APP. Brussels, 15\/05\/2021 – 18:32, UNIQUE ID: 210515_2 The European Union is actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to contribute […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[2505],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1905,2385,2117,6245],"entity":[1889],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-251740","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-european-union-eu","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-peace-proposals-and-efforts","document-subject-security-issues","document-subject-terrorism","document-subject-violence","entity-intergovernmental-organization-or-multilateral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/251740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/251740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=251740"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=251740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}