EU draft statement calls for 'immediate ceasefire'
A European Union draft statement being discussed by EU foreign ministers today calls for “an immediate ceasefire” in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants, an EU official said.
“The (EU) Council calls for an immediate ceasefire,” the document said.
All EU ministers have to agree on the statement before it is issued, an EU official said.
German foreign minister Walter Steinmeier said Germany was ready to call for an immediate ceasefire.
“The international community has now the possibility to give directions for a ceasefire,” he said.
