Britain apologizes to Livni over arrest warrant
Haaretz
16 Dicembre 2009
British Foreign Secretary David Milliband yesterday apologized to MK Tzipi Livni and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for the arrest warrant issued against Livni in London earlier this week. He also promised Lieberman to begin working immediately to change the UK laws that enable the issue of arrest warrants against Israeli officials accused of war crimes.
Britain's ambassador to Israel, Tom Phillips, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem for a reprimand over the matter. He also received a phone call from an infuriated Uzi Arad, Israel's national security adviser, sources in Jerusalem said. In London, Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor met with Milliband and demanded a change to the laws.
The Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Western Europe, Naor Gilon, told Phillips that Israel demands an unequivocal solution to the problem. "If there is no honorable solution to the problem, our officials will stop visiting Britain," Gilon …
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