President Shimon Peres found a diplomatic way to ask the Europeans to mind their own business for the time being and to stay out of the Israeli-Palestinian backyard. Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israeli President Peres with Latvia President Riga (photo credit: GPO) Israel President Peres and Latvia Prime Minister Dombrovskis (photo credit: Moshe Milner GPO) At the welcome reception hosted in his honor by Latvian President Andris Berzins, Peres, in thanking Latvia for its contribution in having the European Union list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, also criticized the EU for limiting financial aid to Israel to enterprises within the green line, saying that this was harmful to the peace process.Peres underscored that the negotiations should be left to the parties concerned and the talks should be allowed to develop without interference. The best thing that the Europeans can do at this time, he said, was to exercise restraint, because this was the most positive way in which to demonstrate support for the peace process.The negotiations are complex he said, but if fruitful will result in an end to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
