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Mr Solana - hoping for a ceasefire (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Solana optimistic about Gaza ceasefire

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Thursday (29 January) expressed hopes that a lasting cease-fire between Israel and Hamas could be reached as early as next week.

"I hope that around 4 or 5 February – this is the objective – a ceasefire can be established… And then from that date on until let's say 24 or 25 February to get an agreement of a more political nature," Mr Solana told a seminar organised by the centre-right EPP-ED party in the European Parliament in Brussels.

"Th...

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Mr Solana - hoping for a ceasefire (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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