US opposes Palestine’s UN membership bid
13 Nov 2012 11:55 PM GMT
US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the UN, both sides said. ‘There was a long telephone conversation between president Mahmud Abbas and Barack Obama,’ the Palestinian leader's spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said.
‘Obama expressed the opposition of the United States to the decision to go to the UN General Assembly.’
Abbas explained ‘the reasons and motives for the Palestinian decision to go to the UN ... including the continued (Jewish) settlement activity and Israeli aggression against citizens and property,’ Abu Rudeina said.
The White House said Obama had ‘reiterated the US' opposition to unilateral efforts at the United Nations’ in the call to Abbas.
‘Obama expressed the opposition of the United States to the decision to go to the UN General Assembly.’
Abbas explained ‘the reasons and motives for the Palestinian decision to go to the UN ... including the continued (Jewish) settlement activity and Israeli aggression against citizens and property,’ Abu Rudeina said.
The White House said Obama had ‘reiterated the US' opposition to unilateral efforts at the United Nations’ in the call to Abbas.
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