PA welcomes French peace initiative
- 8 years ago
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday welcomed an initiative put forward by France to hold an international Middle East peace conference, AFP reported.
France, which announced the initiative late last month, has threatened to unilaterally recognize the “State of Palestine” if its peace efforts fail.
"We definitely welcome the French initiative, we see it as a major possibility for challenging the status quo," Hossam Zomlot, an advisor to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, told reporters, according to AFP.
Zomlot, however, said the Palestinians insisted on their call for a United Nations resolution against Israeli “settlement building” ahead of any renewed peace process.
"Nothing will convince us that we should not go to the United Nations Security Council over settlements," declared Zomlot, who is a senior official in Abbas's Fatah party.
France, which announced the initiative late last month, has threatened to unilaterally recognize the “State of Palestine” if its peace efforts fail.
"We definitely welcome the French initiative, we see it as a major possibility for challenging the status quo," Hossam Zomlot, an advisor to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, told reporters, according to AFP.
Zomlot, however, said the Palestinians insisted on their call for a United Nations resolution against Israeli “settlement building” ahead of any renewed peace process.
"Nothing will convince us that we should not go to the United Nations Security Council over settlements," declared Zomlot, who is a senior official in Abbas's Fatah party.