6 hours agoTrump rejects Macro's plan to recognise Palestine as a state
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Donald Trump has dismissed Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognise Palestine as a state. The French president announced a major policy change in a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and is expected to make an official announcement at the UN General Assembly in September, writes Skynews, Periscope broadcast. Macro [...]
The French president announced the major policy change in a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and is expected to make an official announcement at the UN General Assembly in September, writes Skynews, broadcast Periscope.
Macron said he hopes the plan will bring peace to the region, but prompted sharp criticism from Israel and the US.
What he says doesn't matter,”, Trump said.
He's a very good guy. I like it, but it doesn't matter. ”
By contrast, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington “strongly opposes the French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognise the Palestinian state, while US President Donald Trump's administration announced it would not take part in the upcoming UN conference aimed at resolving two states for Palestinians. /Periscope
