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EU Suspends Payments to Palestinian Authority, Spokeswoman Says
April 7 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union has suspended aid payments to the Palestinian Authority while the 25-nation bloc considers its policies since the election of a Hamas-led government in the territory.
``There is a new situation in the Palestinian Authority,'' European Commission spokeswoman Emma Udwin said at a daily news conference in Brussels today. ``For the time being, there are no payments to or through the Palestinian Authority.''
The EU insists that the government led by Hamas, which the bloc has officially designated a terrorist organization, abstain from violence, recognize the right of Israel to exist and accept existing agreements, Udwin said. EU foreign ministers are scheduled to consider policy changes at a regular meeting on April 10.
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