Gaza, EU: ‘We are not Board members, flags decided by organisers’

Brussels, 20 February (LaPresse) – “By participating in yesterday’s meeting, we are not becoming members of the Peace Council. The flags of the meeting were displayed on the Peace Council banner, which applied to both the flags of the members and those participating in the broader discussion. So it was a decision by the organiser, but I repeat: our main objective here and our main objective of this meeting was to participate in the broader discussion to ensure a secure future for Gaza and the Palestinians.” This was stated by European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier in the daily press briefing, responding to a question about the display of the EU flag at yesterday’s event in Washington.