Greece along with 13 other EU countries abstain from UN Gaza resolution

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday afternoon calling for an "immediate, durable, and sustained humanitarian truce" between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. Four EU countries voted against the resolution; Greece and 13 other EU countries abstained. 

"Greece remains consistent in its principled foreign policy and from the first moment of the crisis in the Middle East maintained a balanced stance, respecting the principles and values of international law, as a force of stability in the wider region, highlighting the obligation to protect civilians and create humanitarian routes," diplomatic sources noted.

The same sources pointed out that "for this reason, it abstained from voting on the approval of a related draft resolution of Arab countries within the framework of the United Nations."

Regarding the vote, diplomatic...