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International donors pledge to support a new Palestinian state
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 12 - 01 - 2010


International donors are ready to support the
creation of a new Palestinian state, representatives of the United
States, European Union and Norway announced today in a fresh bid to
facilitate the re-start of peace talks in the Middle East, according to dpa.
"We enter 2010 ready and able to support the Palestinian budget by
Prime Minister (of the Palestinian Authority, Salam) Fayyad", said
Norway"s foreign minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere.
The EU"s foreign policy supremo, Catherine Ashton, said the bloc
will "front-load" its aid to the Palestinians for 2010, paying the
bulk of its support sooner rather than later.
"It is extremely important", commented Stoere, assuring that
Norway will also make available its entire annual aid "in the coming
weeks".
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner added that "if the
political situation allows it," donors are ready to "start another
chapter of the Paris Conference", which in December 2007 pledged 7.4
billion dollars for the Palestinians.
Former British premier Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy of
the Quartet, a diplomatic forum made up of the US, Russia, the EU and
the United Nations, said that the international community wants peace
talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians to "commence as soon
as possible based on a two-state solution".
That sentiment was echoed by US special envoy George Mitchell, who
thanked European partners for supporting his mediation efforts. "No
one person, no one country can do this alone," he said, referring to
the attempts to clinch a peace deal.
The meeting was also attended by Spain"s Foreign Minister Miguel
Angel Moratinos, who represents the current EU rotating presidency.
The Quartet"s full-time envoys are set to meet in Brussels on
Wednesday. Blair is not expected to attend.


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