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Spain calls for "collective effort" to achieve Mideast peace
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Monday called for a collective effort to achieve an "efficient" result in the Middle East peace process.
"The influence of Europe is perhaps more effective than the simple power shown by the United States" for achieving peace between Israel and three other parties in the region -- Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, Moratinos said in a public lecture at Menendez Pelayo International University. "Military power has not managed to solve the problems of Lebanon, but perhaps political influence can guarantee Israel's security" against the katyusha rockets fired by Lebanon-based guerilla group Hezbollah, he added.
Moratinos urged the European Union to act on its own initiative as the United States could not solve the problem "even at the best of times for the U.S. administration." He said it was wrong of people to think that the United States only helped Israel and that Europe only helped the Arab nations.
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