Mogherini: EU recognizes 'international consensus' on al-Quds

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has dismissed Tel Aviv's call on the European Union to follow US lead and recognize al-Quds as Zionist entity's capital.

According to Press TV, Mogherini said Monday the bloc would continue to recognize the "international consensus" on al-Quds as she met Benjamin Netanyahu in Brussels where the Israeli premier arrived  for a meeting of EU foreign ministers.  

Mogherini repeated the European Union's commitment to the so-called two-state solution and that it was in Israel's interest to find a sustainable solution to its conflict with the Palestinians.

The EU, she said, would step up its peace efforts and would hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next month. 

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