No ray of hope for Palestinian statehood: Moroccan PM
AFP
WARSAW- Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi said Thursday he currently saw no hope for the creation of a Palestinian state, as he paid an official Thursday visit to the Polish capital Warsaw.
"We see no ray of hope for a Palestinian state today," he said at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk.
Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi
"Today there is just one state, Israel, and the oppressed Palestinian people who suffer repression," he added.
The Moroccan government head said the issue of the creation of a Palestinian state ought to be on the agenda of the EU-Morocco summit in March in Granada, Spain.
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians were suspended amid Israel's military offensive in the Gaza strip between December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009.
The Palestinians have said they will not restart negotiations without a complete freeze of Israeli settlements and have rejected as insufficient a limited 10-month moratorium imposed in November.
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