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I would like to go back to last week's announcement of a breakthrough in the talks about implementation of the peace reports to Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

It was welcomed by the European Commission, but obviously, I mean, measures has to be synchronized when it comes to.

Hamas' willingness to disarm and Israel's, and the requirement is to withdraw its troops,

now it seem to be stuck, somewhere.

I would like to ask, what can they do in order to speed up the process, and contribute to it.

For example, for its deploy deployment of, Palestinian policemen, which we know have been trained,

thousands of them, I think, by this, E cops, mission.

And also, especially if the EU is going to participate in the kind of verification mechanisms to ensure that both sides,

are complying with this roadmap. Thank you. Thank you, Mose.

We had already a reaction on this, including with the High Representative tweet.

So our reaction is that the plan to disarm Hamas, if fully implemented, would be a constructive approach towards peace,

and we have already welcomed this peace deal brokered by the US with the full support of Egypt,

Qatar, and Turkey and also Nikolaï Mladenov on our side.

A lot needs to, however, to be done.

For this to work and also success as we know, depends on the full commitment of all parties.

Now from our side we stand ready to support for the next steps including the entry of the National Committee and the International stabilization Force.

We have our two EU missions already on the ground that play an important role in the support of the Palestinian state building efforts. Thanks, Anitta. Other questions for Anitta? Not the case, thanks.

Other questions for us today on other topics?

Media information
ID I-293325
Date 04/08/2026
Duration 02:17
Personalities Anitta Hipper
Institution European Commission
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