(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will call on the United Nations this month to recognize a Palestinian state as part of a status upgrade, Palestinian officials said.
If the General Assembly votes November 29 to upgrade the PNA to a non-member 'observer state' from a non-member 'observer entity,' then the PNA, which governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, will be ready to restart peace talks with Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying by the United Press International (UPI).
'If it is possible to start talks on the following day [after a successful vote], then we are ready for that,' Abbas told reporters in Cairo after announcing the Nov. 29 date during a meeting with Arab League foreign ministers.
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