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Palestinian president to visit UN in next two weeks
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Jan 30, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Palestinian
president Mahmud Abbas will visit the UN within two weeks to address the
Security Council on his rejection of the new US Mideast plan, his ambassador
to the body said Wednesday.
At that time a draft resolution will be submitted to the council, Riyad
Mansour told reporters, without specifying a date for the visit.
He said Abbas would take part in an Arab League meeting on Saturday and an
African Union summit in February. Before coming to the UN the president might
also meet with European Union officials, Mansour said.
The diplomat expressed hope that by then agreement would have been reached
on a draft resolution.
Palestinians have rejected the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan unveiled
Tuesday by President Donald Trump.
Among other concessions to Israel, it would give the Jewish state control
over Jerusalem as its “undivided” capital and let Israel annex the
settlements it has built on Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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