16.09.2011                      17.Elul, 5771

Diplomatie:

PA foreign minister: Abbas awaiting ‘credible offer’

Palestinian Authority President to submit application for full membership, unless he receives a “credible offer” for resuming peace talks.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will submit an application for full membership of a Palestinian state at the UN on September 23, unless he receives a “credible offer” for resuming peace talks with Israel, PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki announced on Thursday.
Malki told reporters in Ramallah that Abbas would present the request to UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon so that the latter could relay it to the presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly….