EU voices support for Middle East peace

The European Union's Middle East peace process special envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos has asserted the intention of the EU to continue exerting all-out efforts for moving the Middle East peace process forward.

During his meeting on Tuesday in occupied Jerusalem with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, the EU envoy called for reviving the Middle East peace process and reiterated the EU's backing for pushing negotiations forward.

For his part, Levy spoke about the desire of the Israeli government to find a settlement with the Palestinian Authority on preventing what he called "friction" between the Israeli settlements and the Palestinian self-rule area.

Levy denied any disputes between his government and the Palestinian Authority on redeployment of troops as per provisions of the Wye River agreement reached between the Israelis and Palestinians.