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Chile Recognizes Palestinian State
Chile joins other South American nations to recognize Palestine as a "full, free and sovereign" state.
Jan 08, 2011
Chile has become the latest South American country to officially recognise Palestine as an independent state.
"The
government of Chile has adopted the resolution today recognising the
existence of the state of Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign
state," Alfredo Moreno, the foreign minister, said on Friday.
"Chile has permanently and consistently supported the right of the
Palestinian people to constitute themselves as an independent state, in
peaceful coexistence with the state of Israel," Moreno said.
Chile's decision follows a meeting in Brazil between Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Brazil, Argentina,
Bolivia and Ecuador last month recognised Palestine within its borders
prior to 1967, and Uruguay and Paraguay are expected to join them in the
coming weeks.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Costa Rica also recognise the Palestinian state.
'Support for peace'
Moreno said that Pinera is to travel in March to the Middle East to
express his support for peace talks between the Palestinian Authority
and Israel and to reinforce Chile's friendship and cooperation with both
states.
The government's resolution also noted that both Jewish and
Palestinian communities have been key to Chile's social, cultural,
political and economic development for many years, working in harmony
that should serve as a model for their both the Israeli and Palestinian
states. It's a message that Pinera plans to make personally during a
visit to the Middle East in March.
Chile has a community of more than 300,000 Palestinian immigrants and their descendants.
The borders of a final Palestinian state have been one of the thorniest issues in peace negotiations with Israel.
Direct
talks between the two sides, the first for nearly two years, began on
September 2 but stalled after a 10-month Israeli settlement-building
freeze expired three weeks later.
In a New Year's Eve address,
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community to
come up with a new peace plan after months of US diplomacy failed to
secure a settlement freeze.
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Chile has become the latest South American country to officially recognise Palestine as an independent state.
"The
government of Chile has adopted the resolution today recognising the
existence of the state of Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign
state," Alfredo Moreno, the foreign minister, said on Friday.
"Chile has permanently and consistently supported the right of the
Palestinian people to constitute themselves as an independent state, in
peaceful coexistence with the state of Israel," Moreno said.
Chile's decision follows a meeting in Brazil between Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Brazil, Argentina,
Bolivia and Ecuador last month recognised Palestine within its borders
prior to 1967, and Uruguay and Paraguay are expected to join them in the
coming weeks.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Costa Rica also recognise the Palestinian state.
'Support for peace'
Moreno said that Pinera is to travel in March to the Middle East to
express his support for peace talks between the Palestinian Authority
and Israel and to reinforce Chile's friendship and cooperation with both
states.
The government's resolution also noted that both Jewish and
Palestinian communities have been key to Chile's social, cultural,
political and economic development for many years, working in harmony
that should serve as a model for their both the Israeli and Palestinian
states. It's a message that Pinera plans to make personally during a
visit to the Middle East in March.
Chile has a community of more than 300,000 Palestinian immigrants and their descendants.
The borders of a final Palestinian state have been one of the thorniest issues in peace negotiations with Israel.
Direct
talks between the two sides, the first for nearly two years, began on
September 2 but stalled after a 10-month Israeli settlement-building
freeze expired three weeks later.
In a New Year's Eve address,
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community to
come up with a new peace plan after months of US diplomacy failed to
secure a settlement freeze.
Chile has become the latest South American country to officially recognise Palestine as an independent state.
"The
government of Chile has adopted the resolution today recognising the
existence of the state of Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign
state," Alfredo Moreno, the foreign minister, said on Friday.
"Chile has permanently and consistently supported the right of the
Palestinian people to constitute themselves as an independent state, in
peaceful coexistence with the state of Israel," Moreno said.
Chile's decision follows a meeting in Brazil between Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Brazil, Argentina,
Bolivia and Ecuador last month recognised Palestine within its borders
prior to 1967, and Uruguay and Paraguay are expected to join them in the
coming weeks.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Costa Rica also recognise the Palestinian state.
'Support for peace'
Moreno said that Pinera is to travel in March to the Middle East to
express his support for peace talks between the Palestinian Authority
and Israel and to reinforce Chile's friendship and cooperation with both
states.
The government's resolution also noted that both Jewish and
Palestinian communities have been key to Chile's social, cultural,
political and economic development for many years, working in harmony
that should serve as a model for their both the Israeli and Palestinian
states. It's a message that Pinera plans to make personally during a
visit to the Middle East in March.
Chile has a community of more than 300,000 Palestinian immigrants and their descendants.
The borders of a final Palestinian state have been one of the thorniest issues in peace negotiations with Israel.
Direct
talks between the two sides, the first for nearly two years, began on
September 2 but stalled after a 10-month Israeli settlement-building
freeze expired three weeks later.
In a New Year's Eve address,
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community to
come up with a new peace plan after months of US diplomacy failed to
secure a settlement freeze.
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