Article 2 Policy objectives

The EUSR's mandate shall be based on the Union's policy objectives regarding the MEPP.

The overall objective is a comprehensive peace that should be achieved on the basis of a two-State solution, with Israel and a democratic, contiguous, viable, peaceful and sovereign Palestinian State living side by side within secure and recognised borders enjoying normal relations with their neighbours in accordance with United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolutions 242(1967) and 338(1973) and recalling other relevant Resolutions, including 2334(2016), the Madrid principles, including land for peace, the Roadmap, the agreements previously reached by the parties, the Arab Peace Initiative and the recommendations of the Middle East Quartet (‘the Quartet’) of 1 July 2016. In light of the different strands of the Israeli-Arab relations, the regional dimension constitutes an essential element for a comprehensive peace.

In achieving this objective, policy priorities are the preservation of the two-State solution and relaunching and supporting the peace process. Clear parameters defining the basis for negotiations are key elements for a successful outcome and the Union has set out its position with regard to such parameters in the Council conclusions of December 2009, December 2010 and July 2014, which it will continue to actively promote.

The Union is committed to working with the parties and with partners in the international community, including through participating in the Quartet and actively pursuing appropriate international initiatives to create a new dynamic for the negotiations.