Middle East Quartet

The Middle East Quartet is a group of states, intergovernmental and supranational organizations that mediate the peace process in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and coordinate the common position on the conflict. The quartet consists of the United States , Russia , the European Union and the United Nations .

history

The group was founded in Madrid in 2002 by the then Spanish Prime Minister Aznar in response to the Al-Aqsa Intifada and the failure of the Oslo peace process in the Middle East . Following his resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on June 27, 2007, Tony Blair was the Quartet's Special Envoy from June 2007 to June 2015. So far, no successor is planned for his post.

criticism

Some Arab countries repeatedly accuse the body of a pro-Israel stance. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke to journalists in November 2012 that he was concerned about the effectiveness of the body in helping to resolve the conflict if it did not work more closely with the Arab League.

Representative

United Nations UN : General Secretary António Guterres
European Union European Union : High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell
Russia Russia : Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
United States United States : Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Web links

The Middle East Quartet (PDF; 82 kB), current term, published by the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag, as of March 9, 2007
US State Department, keyword "Middle East Quartet" (English)
Middle East Quartet Statements Archive 2001-2008 from the old US State Department website
President Bush Welcomes Quartet Principals to White House. Press release from the meeting of the main actors of the Quartet on December 20, 2002

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas v. Winter, Christoph G. Klarmann, Claudia Weichel: The Middle East Quaret. (PDF; 82 kB) (No longer available online.) Bundestag.de, March 9, 2007, archived from the original on September 19, 2011 ; Retrieved December 4, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Middle East: Russia sends rescue ships to the Gaza Strip. n-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, November 23, 2012, accessed on December 4, 2012 .

[1] Thomas v. Winter, Christoph G. Klarmann, Claudia Weichel: The Middle East Quaret. (PDF; 82 kB) (No longer available online.) Bundestag.de, March 9, 2007, archived from the original on September 19, 2011 ; Retrieved December 4, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Middle East: Russia sends rescue ships to the Gaza Strip. n-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, November 23, 2012, accessed on December 4, 2012 .