Ramallah (UNA-OIC) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday urged the European Union to play an effective role in any future political process.
“Europe believes in the two-state solution. Recognize the state of Palestine in order for us and you to break the status quo,” Shtayyeh said during an online debate with the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, attended by some 80 parliament members representing different countries and parties in Europe.
The most important dimension of breaking the current impasse, the Palestinian premier noted, is making the Israeli occupation costly.
During the debate, he highlighted the need for adopting a multilateral approach to the peace process and bringing the US monopoly over the peace process to an end.
“I call upon your parliament and your distinguished members of this parliament that Europe not to wait for the American president to come up with ideas. You and we have wasted four years waiting for the American president to come up with something,” Shtayyeh said.
“The US monopoly over the peace process has not been fruitful. We have suffered a lot because the US is in a strategic alliance with Israel. We need a third party who can really remedy the imbalance in the relationship between an occupied people and an occupier country, that is Israel,” he added.
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“Europe believes in the two-state solution. Recognize the state of Palestine in order for us and you to break the status quo,” Shtayyeh said during an online debate with the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, attended by some 80 parliament members representing different countries and parties in Europe.
The most important dimension of breaking the current impasse, the Palestinian premier noted, is making the Israeli occupation costly.
During the debate, he highlighted the need for adopting a multilateral approach to the peace process and bringing the US monopoly over the peace process to an end.
“I call upon your parliament and your distinguished members of this parliament that Europe not to wait for the American president to come up with ideas. You and we have wasted four years waiting for the American president to come up with something,” Shtayyeh said.
“The US monopoly over the peace process has not been fruitful. We have suffered a lot because the US is in a strategic alliance with Israel. We need a third party who can really remedy the imbalance in the relationship between an occupied people and an occupier country, that is Israel,” he added.
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/120551
