Belgian Foreign Minister: US Decision to Refuse Visas for Palestinian Officials Strikes on diplomacy

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He stressed that the United Nations must remain a place where all peoples can be heard, “especially those whose future depends on the” dialogue.

The exclusion of Palestinian representatives undermines the very principles of multilatheralism and international law”, he added, stressing that the path to peace requires “more dialogue, not less”.

The US decision to deny and revote visas for Palestinian officials, preventing them from participating in the UN General Assembly next month in New York comes at a time when some Western states are preparing to recognise a Palestinian state.

“In accordance with American law, State Secretary Marco Rubio is denying and replaying visas for members of the Organisation for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) in front of the UN General Assembly that will soon be held”, the State Department said in a statement Friday./Periscopi/