スペイン政府は、イスラエルの圧力に屈して、パレスチナのガザにスペイン名誉領事館を設置することを凍結。
España cede ante Israel y congela la creación de un consulado en Gaza
Margallo admite tras ver a Netanyahu que la decisión de crearlo fue “precipitada”
España tendrá un consulado honorario en la franja de Gaza
MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ | ENVIADO ESPECIAL Jerusalén 23 ABR 2013 - 18:49 CET
Spain cedes to Israel and freezes creating a consulate in Gaza
Margallo after seeing Netanyahu admits that the decision to create it was "hasty"
Spain will have an honorary consulate in Gaza
MIGUEL GONZALEZ | SPECIAL ENVOY Jerusalem 23 ABR 2013 - 18:49 CET
The Spanish government has decided to freeze its project to create a honorary consulate in Gaza, over the protests of Israel, who regarded this as a way to legitimize Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls Gaza. After meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel García-Margallo, acknowledged Tuesday that the decision to establish a consulate in Gaza had been "too successful in time" and " probably precipitated result ", so that the Government has decided to" freeze ", ie indefinitely vacate this position, which is not paid and should have held a resident of the strip.
The creation of an office in Gaza responded to a longstanding demand of the Consulate General of Spain in Jerusalem - which acts as an embassy informal complaint with the Palestinian Authority, as the difficulties of communication with the fringe and the lack of a contact person Land prevent it from serving the Spanish who flock there and forces him to use a courier service whenever you need apply for a visa. The minister says the decision was taken by consular officials of his department without considering its political implications and that he learned from the questions of the press, when he had published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 1 April.
The interview with Netanyahu has been marked by "agreements and disagreements" in the words of Margallo. The latter has yielded to his partner in the creation of the Consulate of Gaza, but has defended two other decisions have also angered Israel: voting in favor of Palestinian statehood as an observer not a UN member, last November, and the demand raised by Spain and 12 other countries in the EU that products from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, which the international community considers illegal, with a label identifying them as such, which will allow consumers boycott.
The minister, who also met with the Minister of Economy and Religious Affairs, Naftali Bennett - is confident that Spanish companies can participate in the Israeli government's flagship project on infrastructures for the coming years: the line high speed between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea to allow Israel to negotiate a possible closure of the Suez Canal. Spanish Companies compete with French, German and Chinese to take this contract 1,400 million euros, without losing sight of other works like the subway in Tel-Aviv. Spain also seeks to ensure the long-term supply of gas from fields that Israel is starting to explode off its coast, given the uncertainty posed by the extension of contracts in force till now with Qatar, closing supply from Egypt and Algeria and excessive dependence.
In his meeting with President Shimon Peres, Margallo has said he believes that the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, "is willing to negotiate" and has conveyed the message that this gave him when they met last Saturday in Amman (Jordan): they "expect to see some gesture" to Palestinian prisoners and settlements to generate a climate of trust that allows the negotiation unlock. Specifically, Peres Abbas wants to exercise its right of pardon and release prisoners veterans. Peres noted but Israel has made clear that subordinates everything to three objectives: security, security and safety.
As he said in Palestine and Jordan, Margallo has offered to mediate to Peres. "You can count on Spain for anything I can do to help bring peace." And to give greater solemnity to the offering has stressed that he does from the King and the Prime Minister. In the end, made a slip. He said he would like next summer Peres to wish "Merry Christmas" on his birthday. Peres has smiled, showing that it is a young man about to turn 90 Christmases. Or rather, 90 Rosh Hashanah.
0 件のコメント:
コメントを投稿