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| Abbas to meet Egyptian President Mubarak |
| 2009-11-15 |
| [Ma'an] Ma'an -- President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Wednesday before leaving for Latin America, an official said on Saturday. Nimir Hammad, the president's political advisor, said Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would discuss asking the UN Security Council to adopt the Arab Peace Initiative. They will also review the Middle East peace process and inter-Palestinian dialogue, Hammad added. The Palestinian Authority is mobilizing international support for declaring statehood, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Saturday. Palestinians will bring the issue to a vote before the United Nations Security Council, which would declare a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 border with Israel, he explained. Erekat said he had discussed the idea more than once with the Americans and Europeans, while President Mahmoud Abbas raised the proposal with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian officials, who reacted positively. Abbas will seek support from Latin America by the end of the week, Erekat added, and continue to lobby Europe. |
| Posted by:Fred |