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Eleventh Meeting of the European Union – Israel Association Council

(held in Brussels on 24 July 2012)


 

Statement of the European Union

(adopted on 23 July 2012) 

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT SIGNING OF THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL

ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION ACT

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Hope you guys are all staying cool. Well, listen, I just wanted to welcome these outstanding leaders to the Oval Office. I want to in particular acknowledge Congressman Howard Berman and Senator Barbara Boxer, who have done outstanding work in shepherding through this bipartisan piece of legislation that underscores our unshakeable commitment to Israel.

During a recent interview on A Mano Limpia, hosted by Oscar Haza on WJAN-Channel 41 (Florida), President Obama declared that Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez has not posed “a serious” national security threat to the United States.

Perhaps, he considered Chávez’s rhetoric simply as “business as usual” in Latin American politics: blaming U.S. foreign policy as the source of all regional evils. In that context, Chávez’s “anti-Imperialist” speech might, at a stretch, be perceived as ordinary propaganda bluster and not a major threat.

“Our commitment to the security of Israel is rock solid. And as I've said to the Prime Minister in every single one of our meetings, the United States will always have Israel's back when it comes to Israel's security. This is a bond that is based not only on our mutual security interests and economic interests, but is also based on common values and the incredible people-to-people contacts that we have between our two countries.”

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman met on Wednesday 25 July 2012 in Brussels with Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

During their meeting, the two ministers discussed the Israel-European Union relationship and events in the Middle East.