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EU ready to revive observer mission at Gaza border, Solana says

Jerusalem - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Wednesday Europe is ready to send back its team of observers to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt  at any moment. He said however that an agreement was first needed between warring...
Posted : Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:18:02 GMT
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Category : Middle East (World)
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Jerusalem - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Wednesday Europe is ready to send back its team of observers to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt "at any moment."He said however that an agreement was first needed between warring Palestinian factions, Egypt and Israel that would allow their return and the reopening of the crossing.

The EU Border Assistance Mission in Rafah (EUBAM) was established shortly after Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. It suspended its operations in June 2007 due to Hamas' Gaza take-over.

The EU has a policy of no contact with Hamas. It had until the take-over worked at the crossing with the security forces of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah.

"The European observers never left the region," Solana told reporters in Jerusalem, answering a Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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