NEW YORK: President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday with the Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi on the sidelines of his participation in the meetings of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The President briefed Al-Alimi on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, in light of the continued Israeli aggression and war of extermination against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and the violations of the occupation forces and the terrorist colonists in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
The President renewed the Palestinian position calling for an end to the aggression against Palestinian people, their land and their sanctities, and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction and moving towards a political process that ends the occupation and achieves security, stability and peace for all in the region.
President Abbas stressed that the State of
Palestine has jurisdiction in the Gaza Strip, along with the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and will continue to carry out its responsibilities.
The President discussed with the Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council bilateral relations between the two countries, ways to enhance and develop them in all fields, and a number of regional and international issues of common interest.
President Abbas arrived in New York on Friday evening to participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The President is scheduled to deliver the State of Palestine’s speech before the General Assembly next on September 26.
The 79th session of the General Assembly kicked off on Tuesday under the title: “Unity in Diversity for the Advancement of Peace, Sustainable Development and Human Dignity for All, Everywhere.”
This session saw a historic event when the State of Palestine obtained an official seat among the member states of the General Assembly for the first time during the opening ses
sion, in implementation of a resolution issued last May.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA