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RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that his country supports the return of the Syrian regime to the League of Arab States, becoming the first Arab president to formally support this initiative.
"We support in principle Syria's return to the Arab League, and we hope that this goal will be achieved during consultations between Arab countries over the next period," Abbas said in an interview with the Arab League. Russian news agency Sputnik.
He added: "We have always been and continue with the unity and territorial integrity of Syria and the end of the dialogue".
Abbas said that he "does not plan to travel to Syria nearby," noting at the same time, that he is closely following what is happening there, d & # 39; as many as half a million Palestinian refugees live there.
Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority was working with the Syrian regime and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to rebuild the Yarmouk refugee camp in the capital Damascus so that the displaced camp can be returned as soon as possible.
In November 2011, the Arab League decided to freeze the Syrian siege, as part of its appeal to Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad to the military option to quell the popular protests against his power.
The last period was marked by Arab advances in the normalization of relations with the regime of Bashar al-Assad, especially on December 16, when Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met with Assad, the first Arab president to visit Damascus since 2011.
Bahrain then announced the continuation of its embassy in Damascus shortly after the reopening of the UAE Embassy after a seven-year closure.
Meeting with Netanyahu in Moscow
For his part, the Palestinian president has accepted the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold a trilateral summit in Moscow with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"I have repeatedly agreed to invite President Putin to meet in Moscow three times, ready to respond at any time to his call, but the Israeli Prime Minister still evades meetings."
Last year, Russia officially invited the Palestinian and Israeli parties to hold an Israeli-Palestinian summit in Moscow to resume negotiations between the two outstanding parties, as the Palestinian authorities have shown their willingness to meet them unanswered. Israeli.
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have stalled since April 2014, after Tel-Aviv refused to end settlement activities and release former detainees, and to disavow the two-state solution based on a 1967 Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Reject the deal of the century
For his part, President Abbas stressed that his rejection of any US peace plan was not based on legitimate resolutions or international references, in reference to the "deal of the century".
He pointed out that Washington was implementing the plan for the "agreement of the century" on the ground, expressing its refusal to participate in an international conference not based on resolutions of international legitimacy.
US President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that a crew led by Kouchner was working on a peace plan between Palestinians and Israelis, known as the "Century Deal".
In recent weeks, Israeli media have quoted US sources as saying that the US plan would be released immediately after the April 9 Israeli elections. (Anatolia)
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