EU foreign ministers meet to discuss recognition of Palestine

BRUSSELS, Jan. 20 (YPA) – Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) member countries are scheduled to hold a meeting Monday to discuss the union’s recognition of the State of Palestine.

According to Ma’an News Agency, the Palestinian ambassador to the EU Abdalrahim al-Farra said that the call for the meeting came in response to a previous initiative of Luxembourg foreign minister that the union countries should recognize the state of Palestine.

Al-Farra added, in an interview with the official Voice of Palestine Radio, that “the meeting will also discuss files related to settlement and the statements of the occupation leaders regarding the annexation of the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea, as well as the need to pressure the occupation to hold elections in the occupied Quds city.”

He pointed out that some European Union officials have called for a solution to the Palestinian issue as an entry point to solve all Middle East issues.

YPA