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The EU sees an "important glimpse of hope" in the Middle East (Photo: Council)

EU warming up to new Palestine government

EU foreign ministers have given "unanimous" support to Palestinian leaders' move to form a government of national unity, with the Finnish presidency suggesting the bloc could soon resume ties with the Palestinian authorities.

Finland's foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja told journalists after the meeting on Friday (15 September) that the latest attempts by Hamas - a group which is on the EU's list of terrorist organisations - and the Fatah movement of the moderate president Mahmoud Abbas ...

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The EU sees an "important glimpse of hope" in the Middle East (Photo: Council)

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