Obama tells Abbas of opposition to UN move - Palestinians
RAMALLAH: US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on
Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state
membership of the UN, the Palestinian leader's spokesman said.
“There was a long telephone conversation between president Mahmud
Abbas and Barack Obama,” Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP.
“Obama expressed the opposition of the United States to the decision
to go to the UN General Assembly.”
Abbas explained “the reasons and motives for the Palestinian decision
to go to the UN ... including the continued (Jewish) settlement activity
and Israeli aggression against citizens and property,” Abu Rudeina said.
Israel and the United States are both opposed to the Palestinian
plan, insisting that a Palestinian state can only result from peace
negotiations, which have been suspended for the past two years. AFP
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