Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has plans to meet with the new Israeli Foreign Minister to discuss the situation in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15858/09]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my replies to Priority Question No. 5 and Question No. 42 today, in which I dealt with relations with the new Israeli Government and our expectations of it.

I have no immediate plans for a meeting with Foreign Minister Lieberman, although the next meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council on 18 May might provide such an opportunity. However, I look forward to working with the new Israeli Government, to impressing upon them our concerns, to encouraging them to act positively to bring about a lasting settlement in the area and to improving our bilateral relations.