Posted on 06/14/2009 8:32:52 PM PDT by VRWCTexan
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel was left "perplexed" by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana's unprecedented meeting with an official from Lebanon's Hezbollah, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
"This meeting left us perplexed, and we dare hope that Mr. Solana took advantage of the occassion to press for a disarming of Hezbollah and for the end of the arms smuggling between Syria and Hezbollah," Yigal Palmor told AFP....
...Solana held talks with Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan on Saturday during a Beirut visit....
"Lists of terrorist groups are not the same in every country," Solana told a news conference when asked about the US blacklist of the Shiite militant group.
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Solana bump!!
EU to continue cooperation with Iran: Solana
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:19:19 GMT
Following President Ahmadinejad’s re-election, European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana says that the EU will continue its dialogue with Iran.
In a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Sunday, Solana said that “the EU’s position on Iran’s nuclear issue will continue to be the same after the election.”
The remarks came after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retained his position as the Islamic Republic’s president following a landslide victory in the June 12 election.
“Analysis of the elections and the consequences of the elections in Iran will take some time. It is not a country which is easy to analyze in 24 hours,” he said, referring to claims of ‘irregularities’ in the election process by Iran’s opposition candidates.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=98132§ionid=351020104
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Sunday called on Israel to seek security through peace while warning that future talks with the European Union would depend on “Israel’s behaviour.”
“What’s important is to work to convince Israel that its security will be better guaranteed with peace and I think that President Obama clearly explained this in his speech and when he met the Israeli prime minister is Washington,” Solana told journalists in Cairo.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMXsmF3kUYWALOBG-h4ddIJGip6g
Is Solana in for life? He’s been around since Oslo!
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