Jordan asks EU help to revive Mideast peace talks

Mon, 14 Mar 2011

Amman - Jordan on Monday asked the European Union for help in reviving deadlocked peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

The request came during a meeting in Amman between Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and the ambassadors of the EU's 27 member states.

"The current events in the Arab world should not prevent us from concentrating on the Palestine question as the crux of the conflict," Judeh told EU envoys.

Judeh said failure to come up with a solution to the Palestinian- Israeli conflict would "deprive the region and the entire world of living in peace and stability."

The EU is part of the mediating Middle East Quartet, which also includes the United States, Russia and the United Nations.

Also attending the meeting were Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Jaafar Hassan, who asked the EU for financial support to help Jordan deal with its economic difficulties.

Jordanian government officials also briefed EU ambassadors on the steps taken by the Jordanian government to adopt political, economic and social reforms.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/371699,revive-mideast-peace-talks.html.