EU har fremmet den palæstinensiske ledelses suveræne og ansvarlige beslutning om at udskyde skæringsdatoen, og jeg er overbevist om, at den endda er rede til at udskyde den nogle uger for at give forhandlingerne en chance, hvis den inden den 13. september har en fornemmelse af, at man er på vej frem mod en overordnet fredsaftale.
It fostered the sovereign and responsible decision on the part of the Palestinian leadership to postpone the deadline and I am convinced that it is prepared to postpone it by a few more weeks to give negotiation a chance if it feels, between now and 13 September, that we are on the brink of an overall peace agreement.