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EU urges US to reconsider ban on PA officials including Abbas attending UN assembly
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEuropean Union foreign ministers have urged the United States to reconsider its decision not to allow Palestinian officials, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York.
“In the light of the existing agreements between the UN and its host state, we all urge for this decision to be reconsidered,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says, following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Copenhagen.
Kallas also said she had asked EU governments to submit proposals next week for another package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
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