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Tue 12 Dec 2009EU rowing back on Palestinian stance
EU FOREIGN ministers are poised to drop an explicit endorsement of East Jerusalem as capital of a new Palestinian state in a statement today on the stalemate in the Middle East peace process.
Welcomed by Palestinians but resisted in strident terms by Israel, the reference was submitted to EU ministers in a draft paper from Sweden’s rotating presidency of the bloc. As talks continue on what is being billed as a significant expression of EU policy, the final text due from the ministers today was still not agreed late last night.
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