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Thursday, January 31, 2019
UN envoy meets Palestinian official to discuss ouster of observers from Hebron
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, meets Palestinian Authority diplomat Saeb Erekat to discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to suspend operations of an international observer force from the West Bank city of Hebron.
In a tweet, Mladenov says the two also discussed efforts to create a new Palestinian government after the previous one handed its resignation earlier this week.
Met with @ErakatSaeb today to discuss a range of topics from #Israel’s decision not to renew the mandate of the #TIPH mission in #Hebron, which has contributed to maintaining calm in a highly sensitive area, to #Palestinian government formation. pic.twitter.com/o206yqxm9H
— Nickolay E. MLADENOV (@nmladenov) January 31, 2019
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