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EU rebuffs Israel's Lieberman over call for Abbas resignation
Oct 25, 2011, 15:34 GMT
Brussels - The European Union's foreign policy chief on Tuesday chastised Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for complicating the Middle East peace process, a day after he called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.
'The reported remarks of Israel's foreign minister ... are regrettably not helpful to create the environment of trust conducive to negotiations,' said a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton.
'The EU has consistently called for reconciliation behind President Abbas as an important element for reaching a two-state solution,' she added.
The comments came one day before international negotiators are to meet separately with Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem in a bid to launch a fresh round of Middle East peace negotiations.
The talks have stalled for a year, ever since Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to extend a partial moratorium on Israeli construction in its West Bank settlements.
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