The European Union (EU) is ready to redeploy its border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, said on Monday.
The civilian mission was launched in 2005 to assist with trade facilitation and the processing of biometric passports but was suspended in 2007 when Hamas took power in the Gaza Strip.
Redeploying the mission will mean more humanitarian aid would reach Gaza, Kallas said.
EU foreign affairs ministers gathered in Brussels on Monday to discuss the fate of the mission, which could be again fully operational as early as next month.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was the first step and we need to build for more lasting peace, Kallas said. (dpa/NAN)
