Indications are rife that Spain will back the Palestinians’
bid to win recognition as a state at the United Nations,
Foreign Minister Jose-Manuel Garcia-Margallo told the national
parliament in Madrid on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012 reports Bloomberg.
Delegates are set to vote tomorrow on a resolution
circulated Nov. 8 by the Palestinian Authority that would put
the Palestine Liberation Organization on par with the Holy See
as a non-member state at the UN.
France and Russia have already said they will support the
proposal. No country has veto power in the General Assembly, so
the U.S., which opposes the initiative, can’t block it.
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague will make a statement
to Parliament today on whether Britain will support giving the
Palestinians statehood. Hague is willing to back the motion if
the Palestinians can shift their position in three areas to
provide reassurances to Israel and the U.S., an official
familiar with the foreign secretary’s thinking said, speaking on
condition of anonymity in line with U.K. government practice.
(Curled from Bloomberg)
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