The European Union (EU) announced the intention to send a high-level diplomatic mission to the region to hold talks about the deployment of the EU force at Rafah crossing with Egypt.
The EU spokesman Shadi Othman said that the EU is sending a high level mission this week “to discuss political and security conditions and the expectations of the relevant parties in view of a possible redeployment of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) at Rafah crossing.”
The spokesman stated that the role of the EU mission is going to be confined to facilitating freedom of movement for the people of Gaza.
Based on the 2005 Movement and Access Agreement regarding Gaza crossings the EU is ready to deploy a force at the Rafah crossing to monitor the movement of Palestinians in and out of the Gaza Strip he added.
“We expect all Palestinian factions to work together in good faith towards that goal” the EU spokesman concluded.
