EU foreign ministers call for ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’
01/08/2006 - 16:57:35 European Union foreign ministers today called on Israel and Hezbollah to agree to an “immediate cessation of hostilities” followed by international efforts to get agreement on a sustainable ceasefire.
European Union foreign ministers today called on Israel and Hezbollah to agree to an “immediate cessation of hostilities” followed by international efforts to get agreement on a sustainable ceasefire.
The 25 EU ministers agreed to call for an urgent halt to the fighting, effective immediately.
Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic had earlier rejected a draft EU statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants, diplomats said.
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