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» Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Flotilla incident

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that there was now an opportunity for the UK to take leadership in regards to Israel, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister echoed what the Foreign Secretary had said over the weekend. The Prime Minister had spoken to the Israeli Prime Minister and the Turkish Prime Minister, and the words from those conversations had been released; we deplored the loss of life and urged Israel to respond constructively to the criticism of its actions. Israel needed to implement and uphold the UN Security Council Resolution 1860.

Asked if that meant we didn’t deplore completely Israel’s actions, the PMS said that we deplored the loss of life. We had been advising against the flotilla because of the risks that were involved in taking individuals into a high-risk region. The position remained as was set out by the Foreign Secretary at the weekend.

Asked if the Prime Minister supported the British nationals who were on the flotilla and if those nationals would face any consequences when they got back to the UK, the PMS said that our concern was that we continued to have full access to the British nationals who were currently detained and that they remained safe. The expectation was that they would be returning in the next couple of days.

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