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Abbas fails to garner European support for ‘Palestine’
Abbas flew to Brussels to seek official and immediate recognition of a Palestinian state but failed to generate support.
By: Aryeh Savir, World Israel News Staff
Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas urged the European Union (EU) countries to recognize the ‘State of Palestine’ but failed to garner any substantial support.
In a joint press conference on Monday with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels, Abbas insisted that the only way to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians is through negotiations “under international supervision.” He stressed the importance of the EU’s political involvement in order to ensure that the issues discussed are “justly resolve[d].”
European diplomats and officials told AFP that recognition of Palestine is not an option, that the EU leaves such a move in the hands of individual states, and that the best that Abbas could hope for is progress towards an “association agreement” with the bloc.
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