“The common foreign policy is an intergovernmental policy, not a community policy,” he reiterated, adding that Israel’s right to defend itself has limits: “International and humanitarian laws.”
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said today that the EU’s foreign policy “is determined by the European Council and the Council of Foreign Ministers”, after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday expressed his support for Israel. .
“The common foreign policy is an intergovernmental policy, not a community policy,” the diplomat said at a news conference in Beijing at the end of his three-day trip to China to co-chair the 12th Strategic Dialogue between the bloc and Asian countries. country. .
Von der Leyen, who visited Israel on Friday, was confident that the country’s response to Hamas attacks will show that “it is a democracy.”
Borrell reiterated that the EU’s position “is clear”: “We defend Israel’s right to defend itself, but like any other right it has limits, namely those of international and humanitarian law.”
Just as yesterday after the Strategic Dialogue with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the European representative considered the Israeli army’s ultimatum “simply impossible to implement” due to a lack of shelters and transportation.
Source: EITB
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