Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey Faed Mustafa says the Palestinian Authority is attempting to join international police federation Interpol.
According to the official PA news outlet Wafa, Mustafa says the Palestinian interior and foreign ministries are holding “intensive contacts” with “concerned countries” around the world that support the initiative.
Interpol member Turkey already pledged its support for the move, the ambassador says, “on the basis that Palestine has the right to join all international organizations.”
Palestinian diplomat Faed Mustafa presents his credentials to then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on December 16, 2009. (Wikimedia Commons, Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0)
He says Ankara already sent a formal letter to Interpol requesting that the inclusion of Palestine be on the agenda for the next Interpol general assembly, which is due to take place in Bali on November 7.
Mustafa, who previously served as the envoy to Russia, says that while the PA is seeking to join all international organizations, joining Interpol is a priority at this stage.
Israel is trying to block the move, the ambassador says.
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