EU will not Recognize any Borders but 1967 Border or Agreed Borders with the Palestinians

Solana: EU will not Recognize any Borders but 1967 Border or Agreed Borders with the Palestinians

GAZA, Palestine, April 6,2006 (IPC+ Agencies )- - European Union Foreign policy Chief Javier Solana told the European Parliament that the European Union will not recognize any borders but 1967 borders and agreed upon borders between the two parties concerned.

Meanwhile he renewed the EU demanding from the new Palestinian cabinet formed by Hamas to abide by the three EU conditions; recognize Israel, eschewing violent acts and recognize all previous agreements signed between Israel and PNA

Solana, who spoke to the parliament in Strasbourg, France, on the same day Hamas held its first cabinet meeting, expressed his fears of the results of the Israeli elections in which Kadima centrist party won victory, headed by Ehud Olmert that came upon a call by Olmert to implement a unilateral disengagement plan from some parts in the West Bank.

Solana also came out against unilateral measures that “may jeopardize the two-state solution.” He also said the EU will “keep a very close watch on developments in east Jerusalem and in the Jordan Valley, where Israel is engaging in action particularly harmful to the Palestinians, and on the construction of the separating fence.”

He also criticized the restrains by Israel on passage of the humanitarian aids to the Palestinians, at the same time; he called on Israel to transfer customs and tax payments it collects for the Palestinian Authority, and which it has withheld up since March. “This is Palestinian money, which cannot be withheld,” he said.

Solana said that the Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has not given a clear indication “that the Hamas government is prepared to respect the principles established by the European Union renouncing violence as a means of settling the conflict, recognizing the State of Israel and observing the agreements signed between the Palestinians and Israel.”

He warned that Hamas’s unwillingness to “come into line with our principles” must "inevitably have consequences for the EU: the impossibility of regarding Hamas as a valid partner until it changes its stance

In conclusion, Solana said EU official called the Arab state to persuade Hamas to join Beirut initiative for peace as such a move will make a convergence in viewpoints based on the Arab initiative envisaged two state Israeli and Palestinian live side by side in peace/