Nebenzya: Palestine’s membership in the United Nations contributes to launching negotiations to resolve the Palestinian issue

New York (ST) – Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya affirmed that Palestine’s obtaining its right to membership in the UN will contribute to launching a negotiation on an equal basis between the Palestinians and the “Israelis”.

The Russia Today website quoted Nebenzia as saying: “The United States previously used its veto to block a resolution recommending that the General Assembly accepts Palestine into the United Nations and threatened to do so again if this issue was reconsidered.”

“According to the American concept, issues related to the recognition and acceptance of Palestine in the United Nations must be resolved through direct negotiations, but in the process it undermines and disrupts these negotiations and imposes unilateral approaches, bypassing the generally recognized international legal framework”, he added.

Nebenzya stressed that Washington’s position on this issue is losing more understanding and support in the world, especially against the backdrop of what is happening in the Gaza Strip.

Najla Khoury