Chile will support Palestine state in UN vote but abstains from boundaries controversy

Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:00 UTC

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Chile will support the recognition of Palestine as a state in the event Palestine applies for admission during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in late September, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno, who met with 15 Congress members earlier this week. Read full article

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xbarilox
Cristina de Kirchner must say something about this. Does the government of Israel support a Palestine state?
Sep 01st, 2011 - 02:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
“Nobody (in the Chilean government) is against the state of Palestine having a right to exist,”

And, before all else, all must agree to the right of Israel to *exist* as a sovereign nation, to exist in peace with the arab and non-arab world, and to exist without threat from the same.

Once all interested parties have agreed and signed up to this, matters of Palestine can progress apace.
Sep 04th, 2011 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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