Holy See and Israel finetune their bilateral agreement
(Vatican Radio) The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and
the State of Israel on Wednesday, February 11, released a Joint Communiqué regarding
continuing negotiations pursuant to the Fundamental Agreement.
Please find
below the full text of the communiqué:
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE BILATERAL
PERMANENT WORKING COMMISSION BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL (11 FEBRUARY
2014)
The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the
State of Israel met today, 11 February 2014, in the David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem,
at the Plenary level, to continue negotiations pursuant to the Fundamental Agreement
Art. 10 paragraph 2.
The meeting was headed by Mr. Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs and by Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's
Relations with States.
The Plenary received a report on the few remaining issues
concerning the Single Document. The Parties took note of the progress achieved, in
a thoughtful and constructive atmosphere, since the last Plenary of June 2013, and
agreed on future steps, in view of the next Plenary meeting in June 2014, in the Vatican
City.
Delegation of the Holy See:
Msgr. Antoine Camilleri,
Under-Secretary for Relations with States H.E. Arch. Antonio Franco, Apostolic
Nuncio, Co-Chairman of the Working Level of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission H.E.
Arch. Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Apostolic Nuncio in Israel H.E. Bishop Giacinto-Boulos
Marcuzzo, Patriarchal Vicar for Israel Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, Under-Secretary
of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Msgr. Alberto Ortega Martín, Official
of the Secretariat of State Msgr. Matteo De Mori, Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature Mr.
Henry Amoroso, Principal Legal Adviser Mr. Samir Abu Nassar, C.P.A., Financial
and Tax Adviser Archimandrite Maher Abboud, Greek-Melkite Archeparchy of Akko Fr.
Ibrahim Faltas O.F.M., Custody of the Holy Land S. Naomi Zimmermann F.S.E., Secretary
Delegation
of the State of Israel:
Mr. Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr.
Ehud Keinan, Deputy Director General, Legal Division (MFA), Co-Chairman of the Working
Level of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission Mr. Oded Brook, Head of International
Affairs Division, Ministry of Finance Mr. Akiva Tor, Head of World Jewish Affairs
and World Religions Bureau (MFA) Mr. Rami Hatan, Director of World Religions (MFA) Mr.
Moshe Golan, Senior Deputy State’s Attorney Responsible for Civil Law Matters, Ministry
of Justice Mr. Itai Apter, Department for International Agreements, Ministry of
Justice Ms. Karin Dosoretz, General International Law Department, Legal Division
(MFA) Mr. Rony Tzuberi, Chief of Staff, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms
Rachel Gur, Senior Advisor, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Gershon Kedar,
Deputy Foreign Minister’s Bureau Ms Noga Katz, Media Advisor, Deputy Foreign Minister’s
Bureau Ms Tamar Abo, Law Clerk, Department for International Agreements, Ministry
of Justice