Miguel Angel Moratinos: Why should we wait for a Palestinian state?

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Spain to seek Palestinian state as EU president
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:12:32 GMT

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos
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Spain's foreign minister has vowed to work on the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state when his
country takes over the European Union presidency next year.

"My idea, and my dream, and my engagement, is to work for
having in 2010, finally, a Palestinian state that could live
in peace and security with Israel," Minister Miguel Angel
Moratinos said in Brussels on Friday.

"We are all in the international community defending the
two-state solution. Why should we wait for a Palestinian
state? We have Israel as a state, we want its neighbor, the
Palestinians, to have the same status," he added.

Moratinos who was laying out the priorities of Spain's six-
month term at the EU's helm starting on January 1, said an
independent Palestinian state could only come about through
negotiations.

"It's not going to be easy, but I think it's needed. We need
a Palestinian state, the sooner, the better, and that is
going to be our objective," said the foreign minister.

Earlier this month, European Union foreign ministers agreed
on the recognition of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem Al-
Quds as its capital.

They adopted a text agreeing that Jerusalem Al-Quds should
provide "the future capital of the two states," as part of a
negotiated settlement.

The negations, suspended during the Gaza war last year, have
been blocked due to Israel's refusal to freeze settlement
construction in the occupied lands including east Jerusalem
Al-Quds.

The regime claims the holy city as its "eternal,
indivisible" capital, while the Palestinians want at least
the implementation of the UN resolutions which give control
of the eastern part of the city to them.

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