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Abbas bitches about EU's watered down Jerusalem draft
[Al Arabiya Latest] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed disappointment on Wednesday over the watered down European Union draft calling for Jerusalem to become the capital of two states and said the initial draft presented to the Palestinians was less "vague." Abbas said the EU statement had watered down an earlier Swedish draft, which had defined a state of Palestine as comprising "the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza." "Regarding the position of the EU, we all know the Swedish draft was a good draft because it put in clear cut terms the issue of East Jerusalem. Then came the final, vague form," Abbas said after talks in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. "We can say it is an important decision but certainly does not fulfill or reach the level of the draft that was presented by Sweden that we agreed with and were satisfied with," he added. The European Union on Tuesday called on Israel to end its occupation of east Jerusalem as part of a Middle East peace agreement and make the holy city the capital of two states, a position the current Israeli government rejects. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-10 |
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