El Salvador established diplomatic ties with the Palestinian
Authority during a visit there by a Palestinian minister who praised
Latin America for its “very strong and clear" support.
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki was scheduled
Friday to sign with his Salvadoran counterpart, Hugo Martinez, the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the
Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Maliki, who arrived in El Salvador on Thursday, is also scheduled to
meet with officials in Honduras to sign a diplomatic agreement, Israel
Radio reported.
In 2011, the Palestine Liberation Organization launched a major
international push for statehood recognition over the objections of the
United States and Israel.The push has scored success in South and
Central America.
During a reception Thursday hosted by the Palestinian Association in
El Salvador, Maliki said that Latin America and the Caribbean have
expressed “very strong and clear solidarity with Palestine and the
justice of its cause.”
Maliki said that in the region, only the government of Panama has not recognized nor established diplomatic ties with Palestine.
El Salvador’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Castaneda and officials
from the embassies of Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela also attended the reception.
El Salvador moved its embassy from Jerusalem to the Tel Aviv area in
2009. It was the last of a handful of nations to maintain an embassy in
Jerusalem.
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Friday, 10 May 2013
El Salvador, Palestinian Authority establish diplomatic ties
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