EU Council agrees to Spain's Middle East peace conference proposal

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends the European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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Madrid holds the EU Council's rotating presidency until the end of this year.

In a meeting of the bloc's 27 governments, Spain had pressed for the EU to demand an immediate ceasefire, but the language was opposed by some countries, Sanchez told a news conference in Brussels.

He said that instead, the member states agreed to call for "humanitarian pauses" and the opening of aid corridors for the Gaza civilians, as a way to reach a consensus.

In exchange for the compromise, the bloc accepted Madrid's peace conference proposal, which includes a renewed push for the two-state solution to the conflict, Sanchez said.

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