Foreign Ministry says working to prevent European consensus on UN vote

21 December 2017, 4:38 pm

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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon says its efforts to persuade countries to stay away from the upcoming vote on Jerusalem at the UN General Assembly are ongoing.

“The Foreign Ministry is continuing its efforts to persuade as many countries as possible not to support the resolution, including by avoiding the vote,” he says of the motion rejecting US President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“It is an effort stretching across the globe, in every continent,” he says. “Special effort is being made in Europe, in the hope of preventing a European consensus supporting the resolution.”