Foreign Secretary discusses recent events with Israeli Foreign Minister
4 Jul 2014 11:26 AM
Foreign Secretary
discusses events in Israel and OPTs with Israeli Foreign Minister; highlights
need to avoid further loss of life.
Foreign Secretary William Hague
spoke to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday. Commenting after
the call, the Foreign Secretary said:
I spoke to Israeli Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman this morning to discuss recent events in Israel and
the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I passed on my sincere condolences
following the tragic deaths of the three Israeli teenagers. We discussed the
appalling murder of the Palestinian teenager in East Jerusalem yesterday, and
agreed on the need for the perpetrators of these crimes to be brought to
justice.
We discussed the need to avoid
an escalation of violence that will cause further loss of innocent life. We
agreed the importance of Israel and the Palestinian Authority continuing to
work together. We also discussed the Iran nuclear negotiations. I made clear
that the UK is fully committed to reaching an agreement which ensures
Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful. To achieve this, Iran
will need to be realistic about the steps required to resolve the international
community’s serious concerns about its nuclear
programme.