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TURKEY READY TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINE AS SOVEREIGN STATE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 16, 2011 - 21:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will vote for a UN resolution to recognize
Palestine as a sovereign state, Turkish President Abdullah Gul
said in remarks published on Thursday, June 16. "We hope that an
independent Palestine [is] established based on 1967 borders with
East Jerusalem as the capital," Gul was quoted as saying by Japanese
newspaper Nikkei. "We are among the strongest supporters of Palestine,"
he also said.
Palestinian leaders have been campaigning to win UN recognition of a
state that spans the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, territories
Israel captured in 1967. "We call on all friendly, peace-loving nations
to join us in realizing our national aspirations by recognizing the
State of Palestine on the 1967 border and by supporting its admission
to the United Nations," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said
in an opinion published in May in The New York Times, referring to
boundaries that embrace the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel and the United States have objected to the idea of UN
recognition. The US has urged the Palestinians and Israel not to take
unilateral steps that could jeopardize a final peace settlement. Gul
said there is "no doubt" that Turkey would vote for the resolution.
In a speech at the UN Security Council in April, Turkey's ambassador
to the UN declared Turkish support for the Palestinian quest for
UN recognition as an independent state, saying it is time for the
international community to be in solidarity with Palestinians to help
them "live in peace and with dignity."
"Through their state building efforts, the Palestinian Authority
has proven to all the sceptics that they deserve to attain their
decades-long target of internationally recognized statehood, even
though they continue to suffer under occupation," Ambassador Ertugrul
Apakan, said at a UN Security Council debate on the Middle East.
If Palestinians prove objectively ready to move from their current
observer status at the UN into full statehood, the international
community "must not turn a blind eye to their just and legitimate
appeal," he said, and added, "The time has come to show solidarity
with the Palestinians and help them to live in peace and dignity,"
Today's Zaman quoted him as saying.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 16, 2011 - 21:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will vote for a UN resolution to recognize
Palestine as a sovereign state, Turkish President Abdullah Gul
said in remarks published on Thursday, June 16. "We hope that an
independent Palestine [is] established based on 1967 borders with
East Jerusalem as the capital," Gul was quoted as saying by Japanese
newspaper Nikkei. "We are among the strongest supporters of Palestine,"
he also said.
Palestinian leaders have been campaigning to win UN recognition of a
state that spans the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, territories
Israel captured in 1967. "We call on all friendly, peace-loving nations
to join us in realizing our national aspirations by recognizing the
State of Palestine on the 1967 border and by supporting its admission
to the United Nations," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said
in an opinion published in May in The New York Times, referring to
boundaries that embrace the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel and the United States have objected to the idea of UN
recognition. The US has urged the Palestinians and Israel not to take
unilateral steps that could jeopardize a final peace settlement. Gul
said there is "no doubt" that Turkey would vote for the resolution.
In a speech at the UN Security Council in April, Turkey's ambassador
to the UN declared Turkish support for the Palestinian quest for
UN recognition as an independent state, saying it is time for the
international community to be in solidarity with Palestinians to help
them "live in peace and with dignity."
"Through their state building efforts, the Palestinian Authority
has proven to all the sceptics that they deserve to attain their
decades-long target of internationally recognized statehood, even
though they continue to suffer under occupation," Ambassador Ertugrul
Apakan, said at a UN Security Council debate on the Middle East.
If Palestinians prove objectively ready to move from their current
observer status at the UN into full statehood, the international
community "must not turn a blind eye to their just and legitimate
appeal," he said, and added, "The time has come to show solidarity
with the Palestinians and help them to live in peace and dignity,"
Today's Zaman quoted him as saying.