27/08/2014 President
PACE President Anne Brasseur welcomed the long-term ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Palestinians. She called on both sides to live up to their commitments and to engage in a meaningful political dialogue as the only means to give the region a durable peace perspective.
She also announced that the PACE Political Affairs Committee will be holding an exchange of views on the situation in Gaza with the participation of members of the Israeli Knesset and of the Palestinian National Council, as well as experts, in Paris on 4 September.
PACE regularly brings together members of the Israeli Knesset, which holds observer status with the Assembly, and members of the Palestinian National Council, which has Partner for Democracy status, to foster dialogue between the two sides and seek a peaceful solution to the conflict.