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Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
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PRAGUE (EJP)---Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is prepared to call an international donors’ conference to deal with the urgent humanitarian situation of the inhabitants of Gaza, the Czech EU presidency said Monday.
Schwarzenberg holds the opinion that the cessation of hostilities and the achievement of a lasting ceasefire, such as repeatedly called for by the European Union as well as the UN Security Council Resolution 1860, “are the principal and direct goals of our endeavour.”
The Czech statement said the minister “has been following the worsening humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip with increasing concern and believes that right now is the moment to seriously consider steps to be taken as soon as a ceasefire is reached.”