Following Obama's Middle East speech, German chancellor and EU foreign policy chief express support for basing peace deal on 1967 borders.
The European Union's top foreign policy official is supporting U.S. President Barack Obama's call to use the 1967 borders as the basis for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A spokeswoman said Catherine Ashton "welcomes the important statement delivered by President Obama."
"We believe
actions and objectives find a clear echo in the work the European Union is doing," Maja Kocijancic said on Friday.
Obama's urged that a Palestinian state be based on 1967 borders, from before the Six Day War in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Obama's comments drew an immediate negative response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet with the U.S. president in Washington on Friday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also on Friday expressed support for Obama's
policy speech on the Middle East and said that basing a peace agreement on the 1967 borders could be the way forward
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