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The EU’s High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, on Monday criticised Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz for wasting the time of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers during a meeting to discuss the Gaza war.
Mr Katz showed the ministers videos of “an artificial island” and “building a railway linking up the Middle East with India”, Mr Borrell said at a news briefing after 10 hours of meetings with Arab and EU diplomats.
“I think that the minister could have made better use of his time and focus on the security of his country, bearing in mind the high number of deaths in Gaza,” he said.
“The minister showed us very little, if nothing, to do with the proposal we were discussing.”
The EU’s High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, on Monday criticised Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz for wasting the time of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers during a meeting to discuss the Gaza war.
Mr Katz showed the ministers videos of “an artificial island” and “building a railway linking up the Middle East with India”, Mr Borrell said at a news briefing after 10 hours of meetings with Arab and EU diplomats.
“I think that the minister could have made better use of his time and focus on the security of his country, bearing in mind the high number of deaths in Gaza,” he said.
“The minister showed us very little, if nothing, to do with the proposal we were discussing.”
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Photo: Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, arrives ahead of the European Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Brussels. EPA
