In a telephone conversation with Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby on Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed Arab diplomatic efforts being made to support the Palestinian decision to seek full membership at the United Nations (UN).
In early May, Araby initiated a major shift on Egyptian foreign policy when he revealed that Egypt fully supports Abbas plan to unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state, and he urged the United States to do the same.
A Palestinian bid for membership in the UN General Assembly as an independent Palestinian state, set within the borders that existed before the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and East Jerusalem as its capital, are expected in September.
The Arab Ministerial Subcommittee of the Arab Peace Initiative are following all the necessary legal procedures for this action in accordance with UN regulations.
During its meeting in Doha, Qatar on 28 May, which was attended by Abbas, the subcommittee decided to support the Palestinian decision to seek membership in any way possible.
Meanwhile, the US, which failed in its efforts to resume peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, has threatened to use its veto power to thwart the move.
The Obama administration also failed to stop Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, which have been occupied since 1967.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
