The Israeli-Palestinian peace process

The Israel-Palestine conflict is another key topic of the Euro Mediterranean co-operation. The EMPA's final declaration, adopted last month, urged the future Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority to respect the 2002 Beirut Declaration of the Arab...

The Israel-Palestine conflict is another key topic of the Euro Mediterranean co-operation. The EMPA's final declaration, adopted last month, urged the future Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority to respect the 2002 Beirut Declaration of the Arab League, which calls for peace with Israel.

The EMPA called on both the Palestinians and the Israelis to keep the promises they have made so far and to go on with the peace process. The EMPA said it will strive to "continue and reinforce the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue" in its midst.

Having chaired the Assembly since March 2005 Mr Josep Borrell, president of the European Parliament, will relinquish the chair to Mr Fouad Mebazaa, president of the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies. Indeed the next meeting will take place in Tunis. Looking ahead to the meeting, Mr Borrell said: "I hope it will be an opportunity to continue to develop our ideas about the basic principles underlying the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations."

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