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Brussels, Dec 19 (SANA) The European Council reiterated backing for discuss-strengthening-relations-sdf-integration-and-isis-threat/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Syria and Turkey discuss strengthening relations, SDF Integration, and ISIS threat">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria and its people, calling on all parties to respect its sovereignty and territorial unity. In a statement following its meeting in Brussels on the Middle East circumstances, the council expressed backing for an inclusive and peaceful transition in Syria without foreign interference.
On Gaza, it welcomed the UN decision to establish a temporary stabilization force, urged safe relief access, and reaffirmed commitment to a two‑state solution, while condemning settler hostilities and settlement expansion in the West Bank. The Council also voiced backing for Lebanon’s sovereignty and UNIFIL, and denounced latest attacks on peacekeepers.
Furthermore, in a separate statement, it condemned hybrid attacks against EU states and called for stronger defense readiness by 2030.