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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 June 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Gaza Flotilla.


Gaza Flotilla

I am not conscious of ruling anything out, and I am not ruling anything out. But again I must stress that there is an enormous amount of pressure. I had dinner with many of the European Foreign Ministers in Sarajevo last night and I have seen many more of them this morning. They are all expressing themselves in very similar ways, and very emphatically, to the Government of Israel. There is no doubt about the intensity of the feeling and pressure from the European Union. Clearly, we will now want to discuss as a body what more we can do and, most importantly, what we can do working with the United States to try to give new momentum to the middle east peace process as a whole. The issue is right up there on the agenda and in the minds of European Foreign Ministers, and there will be a great deal of pressure.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
510 c451 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Detainees Death Deportation Closures Borders International assistance Humanitarian aid Transport Shipping Sanctions Israel Palestine Gaza Hamas
Link
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