2014-02-12 13:45:08

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








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