国际英语资讯:Israel, Visegrad Four call for renewal of EU-Israel ties_时事

国际英语资讯:Israel, Visegrad Four call for renewal of EU-Israel ties

"If Europe does not cooperate with Israel it is punishing itself which is pointless, therefore we propose in the upcoming period that Israel and EU cooperation should return to the realm of common sense," Orban concluded.

Besides the ties between Europe and Israel, the other leaders of the Visegrad Four brought up subjects regarding the quality of foods within the EU.

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said he was mandated by the Visegrad Four to start talks next Thursday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker about the quality of foods, arguing that the citizens of the Visegrad Four feel themselves as "second grade citizens" due to the lower quality of food they often get from Western European producers. He hoped that the EU would adopt new regulations that would remedy that situation.

His Czech colleague Bohuslav Sobotka backed him up: "We don't want that the producers send the same product in different qualities in different countries." He called for a solution that was not to interfere with the functioning of the common market.

About Israel, Sobotka told that the talks between the Visegrad Four and Israel concerning the fight against terrorism, the illegal migration and Syria were very important, and the propositions of Israel to be supported by the Visegrad Four.

He also said that potential cooperation between Israel and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe were possible in the fields of water management and cyber security.