“Today is a historic day. The hostages were freed: an extraordinary result, the result of the determination of international diplomacy and the implementation of the first part of the Peace Plan of the American President Donald Trump”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated this on social media.
“We are ready to contribute to the success” of the peace plan for Gaza “with all the tools at our disposal. In particular, by providing support to the governance and reform of the PA. We will be an active force within the Palestinian donor group. And we will provide EU funding for the reconstruction of Gaza.” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes this on
The EU mission at the Rafah crossing will reopen on Wednesday. High Representative Kaja Kallas announced it on X. The Eubam mission “can play an important role in supporting the ceasefire,” Kallas writes.
“Another light of hope is shining from the Middle East after two years of horrors”. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani writes it on X. “After the ceasefire, another step forward on a still fragile path, the transition from war to peace”. Now the task of “the governments and peoples of Europe together with our friends in the Arab world is to consolidate and build, day after day, the conditions for peace to resist and strengthen”. Italy “will contribute to ensuring that the ‘2 peoples 2 States’ project does not remain an empty slogan” so that “the two peoples can find peace in respect and security”.