Obama Tells Abbas of Opposition to U.N. Move
U.S. President Barack Obama told Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the U.N., the Palestinian leader's spokesman said.
"There was a long telephone conversation between president Mahmoud Abbas and Barack Obama," Nabil Abu Rudeina told Agence France Presse.
"Obama expressed the opposition of the United States to the decision to go to the U.N. General Assembly."
Abbas explained "the reasons and motives for the Palestinian decision to go to the U.N. ... including the continued (Jewish) settlement activity and Israeli aggression against citizens and property," Abu Rudeina said.
Israel and the United States are both opposed to the Palestinian plan, insisting that a Palestinian state can only result from peace negotiations, which have been suspended for the past two years.
Source: Agence France Presse
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