»What we have been talking during the meeting and, I want to stress, is that to diffuse some false information about for example that Germany was going to cancel the support to the Palestinian authority. The German Ministers has clearly stated that this was not the case at all, that Germany will continue providing the support. Certainly, looking at the further developments and the medium and long terms but not suspending them. One of the parts of our resolutions, was stressing the importance of continuing humanitarian development and aid in the occupied Palestinian territories and the West Bank to the supporting Palestinian authority. From this point of view, as you know, it has already been clarified that there will not be suspension of the due payments to funds to Palestine from the European Union Commission.«
Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Oct. 10, 2023