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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “I first want to congratulate the EU for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Would that we could replicate in the Middle East what was achieved in Europe. That is, decades of stability and peace and tranquillity. That is our goal and we’ll discuss how we can advance that goal, that all Israelis share fervently.”
(Source: Israeli Prime Minister’s Office)
Prime Minister David Cameron: ‘If the Palestinian plan is simply posturing with the UN rather than negotiating with Israel, Britain will never support it.’
Source: Jerusalem Post
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle: “Iran has not moved on any of the important questions over the past few months. Therefore, we must increase the sanctions pressure.”
Source: the Daily Telegraph
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “It remains a deeply depressing and frustrating crisis [in Syria]. It is deteriorating and on current trends it will continue to deteriorate, leading to an even greater humanitarian crisis … We continue our efforts to make diplomatic progress, including with Russia – I will meet the Russian foreign minister again this weekend, but there is no sign of any breakthrough. In the absence of that we will be one of the leading countries delivering humanitarian aid, supporting the opposition in non lethal ways and helping with other countries to prepare for the eventual day after Assad when the Syrians will need our help all the more.”
Source: the Independent