Selen Valente, Turkish news agency Anadolu, it is about High Representative Kayakala's remarks in an interview with the Irish Times yesterday in which she says that an EU wide trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements would be a principled stance,

similar to the approach taken after Russia's occupation of Crimea, and,

more importantly, this would not require unanimity among the Member States.

This is basically, given that the Commission has the right of initiative and is therefore in a position to put forward such a proposal, why is it not doing so, and does the Commission regret that,

in the absence of such an EU level initiative as such,

8 Member States already have felt compelled to act on their own and announced that they will ban this illegal trade. Thank you for your question.

So first of all, let me recall that the European Union's long standing position on this question is 100% clear. Settlements are illegal under international law.

They constitute an obstacle to peace and to the viability of the two-state solution,

which is what the European Union remains fully and firmly committed to.

Now, in relation to your specific question about The mechanics of a potential Restrictions or ban on trade with the illegal settlements, so We've said from this podium before,

and I now repeat that The European Commission presented a detailed options paper to our member states in June,

if memory serves me.

Including specific options for how trade with the illegal Israeli settlements could be implemented. This included a full or partial ban.

Other options included stricter export licensing requirements, other options including the potential use of tariffs.

The reality is that our Member states have not agreed on any option within that options paper.

So it is for our Member States to reach a consensus around one or more options.

And convey that to the European Commission,

so it remains in the hands of the Member states and discussions will continue there.

We will need to leave it here for the day.

Thank you very much for your participation, for the many questions.

We wish you a very nice, hopefully peaceful weekend.