European foreign ministers on Saturday said they fully supported efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to keep Middle East peace talks alive as tension mounted on both sides. "We support the efforts of Secretary of State Kerry," EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said at the close of a two-day meeting in Athens. But Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has rejected Kerry's appeals to withdraw applications he signed on Tuesday to adhere to 15 international treaties in pursuit of recognition for the Palestinians' promised state.
04-07-2014, 04:45 PM
EU backs Kerry's Mideast push
European foreign ministers on Saturday said they fully supported efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to keep Middle East peace talks alive as tension mounted on both sides. "We support the efforts of Secretary of State Kerry," EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said at the close of a two-day meeting in Athens. But Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has rejected Kerry's appeals to withdraw applications he signed on Tuesday to adhere to 15 international treaties in pursuit of recognition for the Palestinians' promised state.
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