(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that no matter what results take place in the bid to seek statehood with the United Nations, it would not stop negotiations with the Israelis.
Abbas explained that some issues can only be resolved through peace talks.
Abbas opened a conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the Turkish capital Istanbul on Saturday, with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in attendance.
''We adopted going to the UN after negotiations broke down. It is not a unilateral move, the only unilateral move is the settlement continued by Israel,'' Abbas said.
''We have spent many years trying to reach results in negotiations, but these days we see that results in negotiations have not come about because of Israel's intransigence, after we had held important and meaningful negotiations and almost came to a deal with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and we weighed all basic issues, and each party knew and understood the position of the other party''.
''Our Palestinian people, with all sects and parties, from Hamas to Fatah, agree on the option of going to the United Nations. We are keen on going to the United Nations in agreement and united, so that there would be no excuse for anyone in getting our state,'' Abbas went on to say.
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23 July 2011 - 19:30
News ID: 255313
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that no matter what results take place in the bid to seek statehood with the United Nations, it would not stop negotiations with the Israelis.
