The European Union has a new Middle East envoy. Belgian Marc Otte replaces Miguel Angel Moratinos, who has held the post since 1996. Otte, a senior adviser to E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana, served as Belgium’s ambassador to Israel from 1992 to 1996.
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