EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that a majority of member states support taking action against trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, arguing that ambassadors have been tasked with advancing the issue and that an extraordinary meeting is likely.
Speaking at a press conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Kallas said the European Commission had presented options to further restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements following a request from the European Council.
“Taking action against the trade with settlements got the most support from the member states. We tasked the ambassadors to take this work forward, and probably will also have an extraordinary meeting on this,” she said.
Kallas stressed that the proposed measures are directed at illegal settlements rather than Israel itself.
“These are options against the illegal settlements that undermined the two-state solution,” she said.
