EU's Solana to visit Lebanon, Israel 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is to visit Lebanon and Israel to discuss a solution to the current war, his office has said.
In Beirut, Solana will in particular meet on Friday with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
In Israel he will speak on Saturday with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Amir Peretz and will then round off his trip with discussions with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
He is working for an end to hostilities and the launching of a process to create the political framework for a lasting solution," a statement from his office said.
This process will begin with the adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution to end the hostilities, it added.
More than four weeks into the conflict, major powers have reported slow progress in efforts to agree on the wording of a truce call at the United Nations, despite mounting international impatience.
EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel is also to visit Lebanon and Israel, next week, to discuss improving access to victims of the violence for the delivery of relief aid.
Humanitarian agencies suspended their deliveries of food aid to southern Lebanon Tuesday after Israel warned it would attack any vehicle travelling south of the Litani river.
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