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PM Netanyahu Meets with German Chancellor Merkel at the PM’s Residence

Monday, February 24, 2014 23:35
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Meets with German Chancellor Angela Merke=
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at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem
(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)

Following are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and German Chancellor =

Angela Merkel’s remarks from last night (Monday, 24 February 2014):

Prime Minister Netanyahu: “Chancellor Merkel, Angela, welcome again to =

Israel, with your entire delegation. This is an important meeting. Israel =

and Germany have a unique bond forged of tragedy and hope, and a great =

friendship and cooperation.

I think that there are three main subjects that I would like to raise in =

this visit, and they relate to our two democracies=92 quest for security, =

peace and prosperity.

On security, I would like to discuss the ways to prevent Iran from getting =

nuclear weapons capability. I believe that this is the greatest challenge t=
o =

the security of the world.

On peace, I would like to discuss with you how we can advance the efforts t=
o =

achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. And I can assure you =

Angela, that the people of Israel want peace. They want a real peace; they =

want a peace that ends the conflict, that finally gets the Palestinians to =

recognize the Jewish state and one in which we have the necessary means of =

security to defend ourselves against any possible contingency in this =

turbulent Middle East.

And finally, on prosperity, you brought 16 members of your government here, =

which enables us to discuss the various ways in which Israel and Germany ca=
n =

further strengthen our cooperation in all the fields of economics, =

technology, and many, many other exchanges.

So we have a lot of work to do, and we=92re going to start this evening.

So, welcome to Jerusalem.=94

Chancellor Merkel: “Dear Benjamin, Prime Minister, allow me to say that I=
=92m =

delighted to be here again for this, the fifth German-Israeli =

inter-governmental consultations.

We have come here, as you rightly put it, with almost the whole of the new =

government, almost all of the ministers are represented. And we wanted to =

show you in this way that this is indeed a very strong friendship, which =

ties our two countries together, and a friendship that we want to continue =

to develop further.

We are here in order to discuss a very broad-based spectrum of different =

issues and we can discuss economic issues, we will discuss research and =

development, we will discuss exchanges, particularly, people-to-people =

exchanges, in particular, exchanges among the members of our young =

generation, and we will also obviously address current political issues.

We will also have an opportunity to discuss the preparations leading up to =

next year, to the year in which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the =

German-Israeli diplomatic relations, these five decades of which unite our =

two countries show how long Germany has already tried to work =

shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel in order to secure the future of Israel.

Part and parcel of the secure future of Israel is obviously the two-state =

solution, for which the Federal Government has also been working =

assiduously: a Jewish State of Israel and alongside it, a Palestinian state=
. =

That is something on which interesting talks have already started and have =

been ongoing for quite some time and I’m very much looking forward to being =

able to address with you tonight this issue, yet again, because, as I said, =

we, as Federal Government very much support this concept, not only as a =

government, we want to see progress in this respect but I personally am als=
o =

championing this.

We will also, as you quite rightly said, discuss Iran. There’s quite a lot =

to discuss on this particular issue, so it is going to be an interesting =

evening with intensive talks and then we’re looking forward to tomorrow =

where we will be able to address together with members of both cabinets all =

other outstanding issues.”
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