Thursday, June 30, 2016

Violence, Settlements, Gaza Undermine Hope for Mideast Peace – U.N.

 
Reuters, 30/06 17:46 CET

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Violence and incitement, settlement expansion and a lack of control of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority are undermining hope for Middle East peace, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday, citing a report by the Middle East peace “Quartet”.

U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov briefed the U.N. Security Council on Thursday on an eagerly awaited report by the Quartet of sponsors of the stalled Middle East peace process: the United States, Russia, the European Union and United Nations.

He said the report was likely to be released on Friday.

“The main objective of this report is not about assigning blame,” Mladenov told the 15-member council. “It focuses on the major threats to achieving a negotiated peace and offers recommendations on the way forward.”

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Source: euronews.

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