EU's Mogherini says discussed with Netanyahu ways to calm tension

United States Secretary of State John Kerry asks an aide which way to exit following a press briefing with Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany October 22, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat said she discussed concrete steps with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to calm tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.

"I passed him a message of the need to explore together ways to stop violence, to calm down the situation, to show leadership and restraint, also on the rhetoric," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said after meeting Netanyahu in Berlin.