Middle East, EU: ‘Invited to join the Board of Peace for Gaza’

Brussels, 19 January (LaPresse) – ‘We have received an invitation’ from the United States to join the US Board of Peace for Gaza ‘and we greatly appreciate it,’ “the president is in close contact with all European leaders on all geopolitical issues. There will be ongoing discussions this week. The priority for us is to achieve peace. And we want to contribute to a comprehensive approach to ending the conflict in Gaza.” This was stated by European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill in the daily press briefing, specifying that the invitation was addressed to President von der Leyen. ‘The United States,’ explained European External Action Service spokesperson Anouar El Anouni, “has invited us to join the Board of Peace. We appreciate this invitation and share the goal of achieving peace. In particular, with regard to contributing on the global stage to ending the war, we are ready to discuss with the United States and other partners how to jointly achieve this goal. Furthermore, we are in close contact with our partners on this issue, more specifically with regard to the contribution that the EU could make in this context. We have unique expertise and a range of multidimensional tools that respond to the multidimensional needs in the context of the situation in Gaza. We are ready to use all the tools at our disposal in terms of security, diplomatic and humanitarian issues, with regard to security matters.”