From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Subject: Fw: US opposes S. American moves to recognize Palestinian state
To: Al-Hilal <Al-Hilal@sky.com>
Cc: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101207/pl_afp/palestinianmideastdiplomacyargentinauruguaybrazilus
US opposes S. American moves to recognize Palestinian state
Or put another way, S.America opposes United States resolve NOT to recognise Palestine! William Gladys.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas during talks in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in March 2010. The United States on Tuesday opposed moves by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay to recognize an independent Palestinian state, saying such recognition is "counter-productive" to achieving Middle East peace.…
(AFP/POOL/File/Musa al-Shaer)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Tuesday opposed moves by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay to recognize an independent Palestinian state, saying such recognition is "counter-productive" to achieving Middle East peace.
"We don't think that we should be distracted from the fact that the only way to resolve the core issues within the process is through direct negotiations," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
"That remains our focus. And we do not favor that course of action. As we've said many, many times... any unilateral action, we believe, is counterproductive," he added.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday recognized a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders -- the boundaries that existed before Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- in a public letter addressed to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas.
The decision came in response to a personal request made by Abbas on November 24, according to the letter published on the Brazilian foreign ministry's website.
Argentina and Uruguay followed Brazil's example on Monday.
Abbas made the request to Latin American governments after he suspended fledgling peace talks with Israel after the Jewish state refused to renew a partial ban on construction of settlements on Palestinian land.
Israel has opposed the steps by the South American governments, saying they went against an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that such a state only be recognized with Israeli approval.
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