26.01.2012                      02.Schwat. 5772

Diplomatie:

PM, FM meet Ashton, praise EU sanctions on Iran

Netanyahu and Lieberman meet with EU foreign policy chief in Jerusalem; FM: "We must keep an eye on Iran's activity in Iraq, Syria."

The measures taken by the European Union against Iran are a step in the right direction, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Wednesday.

The EU banned imports of oil from Iran on Monday and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran's nuclear development program.
On the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that ended Wednesday night, Netanyahu said that Israel was trying to continue the negotiations….