German FM Steinmeier due in Gaza Strip, won’t meet with …
simmons | June 1, 2015
A day after stressing the importance of reconstructing the Gaza Strip and saying that Israels security is tied to the prosperity of Gaza, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to visit there briefly on Monday. Steinmeier joins a growing list of Western statesmen who have visited the Gaza Strip since last summers Operation Protective Edge, including the foreign ministers of Norway, Ireland, and Spain, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, and outgoing Quartet envoy Tony Blair. Like those other leaders, Steinmeier will not meet with Hamas officials
