Date: 25/11/2013
Ambassador Samir Bakr, OIC Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, received in his office at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Ambassador Andreas Reinicke, and his accompanying delegation. Ambassador Bakr reviewed with the visiting envoy the political stances of the OIC on the Palestinian question and stressed the role of the European Union in the efforts being made to drive the peace process, pressure and compel Israel to accept international references, and stop settlement building on all Palestinian territories, particularly the occupied Jerusalem. For his part, Ambassador Reinicke emphasized the EU’s commitment to continuing its efforts in support of the Peace Process on the basis of the two states solution and the 1967 border in order to reach a lasting peace in the Middle East.