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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Prince William recognizes ‘country’ of Palestine at Abbas parley in Ramallah
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrince William tells Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that he hopes London and Ramallah can continue working together, appearing to recognize Palestine as a country.
“I’m very glad our two countries work so closely together and have had success stories with education and relief work in the past, so, long may that continue,” William says, according to Reuters.
“My sentiments are the same as yours in hoping that there is a lasting peace in the region.”
Abbas tells the prince that Palestinians are “committed to the peace process with the Israelis, so both states could live peacefully together within the borders of 1967.”
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had asked William to take Abbas a “message of peace,” when the two met a day earlier.
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