Barroso in Palestine: ‘We are laying foundations of future state’

EUObserver reported that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pledged support for a future Palestinian state on his first official trip to the region, July 2012.

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European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/536: Statement following the meeting between President Barroso and Prime-Minister Netanyahu http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/536&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/535: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority Press point/occupied Palestinian Territory 8 July 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/535&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/533: José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the Police Training Centre Police Training Centre, Jericho 8 July 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/533&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/531: José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission Press statement with Prime Minister Fayyad Visit of President Barroso in Ramallah 8 July 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/531&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EEAS: Occupied Palestinian Territory http://eeas.europa.eu/occupied_palestinian_territory/index_en.htm

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