Palestinian president in El Salvador to pitch UN recognition
Salvador: Mahmud Abbas, the president of the Palestine Authority,
arrived here Saturday on the latest stop of a Latin American tour to
round up support for UN recognition of a Palestinian state.
Abbas, who arrived here from the Dominican Republic, was to meet with
the local Palestinian community later in the day ahead of a meeting
Sunday with Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes.
Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez said Abbas wanted to personally thank
Funes for El Salvador’s recognition of a Palestinian state, and that
they would discuss the Palestinian bid for UN recognition.
While El Salvador recognized Palestine as a “free, sovereign and
independent state on August 25, it has not yet said what position it
would take at the United Nations. “Before staking out any position, we
want to listen to President Abbas’s point of view,” said Martinez.
San Salvador,Sunday, AFP |