EU calls on Israel not to build settlements in Palestine

The European Union called on Israel to refrain from building settlements in Palestinian territories. This was stated by the head of European foreign policy Josep Borrel reports the EU website. He said building in the Palestinian territories would do great harm to efforts to normalize Palestinian-Israeli relations. The EU does not recognize any border changes until 1967, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties. We call on Israel to reconsider these plans, the statement said. As the news agency reported on February 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the deal of the century (the plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) proposed by US President Donald Trump counterproductive.