ID :
145768
Tue, 10/12/2010 - 15:16
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/145768
The shortlink copeid
Israeli Foreign Minister snubs Spanish and French counterparts
Jerusalem, Oct 11 (PTI) In a sharp rebuke to European
leaders, Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman has snubbed his Spanish and French counterparts
asking them to slove their own problems before complaining
against the country on the Palestinian issue.
"Solve your own problems in Europe before you come
to us with complaints. Maybe then I will be open to accepting
your suggestions," Lieberman was quoted by Ha'aretz online as
telling French and Spanish Foreign Ministers Bernard Kouchner
and Miguel Angel Moratinos respectively at a dinner meeting
on Sunday.
"Israel will not be the Czechoslovakia of 2010,"
the Israeli ultra-nationalist leader told the visiting
ministers.
Lieberman reportedly stressed during the meeting
that the international community is trying to make up for its
failures in Afghanistan, Sudan and North Korea by pushing for
an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians within one
year.
The two foreign ministers were here to discuss with
Israeli officials about the Palestinian peace process.
"It would be better for you to talk to the Arab
League about what will happen in Iraq in 2012, instead of
putting pressure on Israel, which is likely to lead to an
blowup like in the year 2000," the right-wing Yisrael Beteinu
party leader said.
Liberman said he does not expect the European Union to
solve all of the world's problems, but he expects it to at
least solve the problems on the European continent, like the
crisis in Kosovo and the conflict in Cyprus.
"In 1938 Europe placated Hitler, sacrificing
Czechoslovakia instead of supporting it, and gained nothing
from it," Lieberman said.
"We will not be the Czechoslovakia of 2010. We will
stand up for Israel's vital interests."
Czechoslovakia in 1918 annexed the hilly and more
easily defendable Sudetenland border region without conducting
a referendum of its residents, who were German nationals.
Twenty years later, Nazi dictator Hitler demanded
that the region be returned to Germany to which Britain and
France agreed. A year later, Germany conquered the rest of
Czechoslovakia proper by force.
leaders, Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman has snubbed his Spanish and French counterparts
asking them to slove their own problems before complaining
against the country on the Palestinian issue.
"Solve your own problems in Europe before you come
to us with complaints. Maybe then I will be open to accepting
your suggestions," Lieberman was quoted by Ha'aretz online as
telling French and Spanish Foreign Ministers Bernard Kouchner
and Miguel Angel Moratinos respectively at a dinner meeting
on Sunday.
"Israel will not be the Czechoslovakia of 2010,"
the Israeli ultra-nationalist leader told the visiting
ministers.
Lieberman reportedly stressed during the meeting
that the international community is trying to make up for its
failures in Afghanistan, Sudan and North Korea by pushing for
an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians within one
year.
The two foreign ministers were here to discuss with
Israeli officials about the Palestinian peace process.
"It would be better for you to talk to the Arab
League about what will happen in Iraq in 2012, instead of
putting pressure on Israel, which is likely to lead to an
blowup like in the year 2000," the right-wing Yisrael Beteinu
party leader said.
Liberman said he does not expect the European Union to
solve all of the world's problems, but he expects it to at
least solve the problems on the European continent, like the
crisis in Kosovo and the conflict in Cyprus.
"In 1938 Europe placated Hitler, sacrificing
Czechoslovakia instead of supporting it, and gained nothing
from it," Lieberman said.
"We will not be the Czechoslovakia of 2010. We will
stand up for Israel's vital interests."
Czechoslovakia in 1918 annexed the hilly and more
easily defendable Sudetenland border region without conducting
a referendum of its residents, who were German nationals.
Twenty years later, Nazi dictator Hitler demanded
that the region be returned to Germany to which Britain and
France agreed. A year later, Germany conquered the rest of
Czechoslovakia proper by force.
