KUWAIT CITY: The EU is seeking a role in US President Donald Trump’s transitional authority for the Gaza Strip, its top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
“Yes, we feel that Europe has a great role and we should also be on board with this,” Kallas said, when asked if the EU wanted to take part in Trump’s “Board of Peace.”
The EU is a major aid donor to the Palestinians and has ties with both the Palestinian Authority and Israel, Kallas pointed out.
“I think Europe should not only be a payer, but we should also be a player,” she said on the sidelines of an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Kuwait.
“We have worked on the peace plan ... and we are working together with our Arab partners. They understand that it is in the interest of everybody if we are there, so hopefully, also the Israelis agree to this,” she added.
