RAMALLAH, Jan 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine is holding intensive contacts, on convening an international conference for peace, a senior official said yesterday.
Palestine envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, told “Voice of Palestine” that, “intensifying contacts comes in preparation for an open session, scheduled for the UN Security Council, on the 26th of January.”
He added that the Palestinian side relies on exploiting the current developments and changes in international political arena, to gain more international support for convening an international peace conference.
He added, current contacts focus on exploring Security Council member states’ positions, “even if they have some ideas on practical mechanisms to push forward the holding of the desired international conference.”
Last year, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on the UN to prepare to hold a peace conference by the first half of 2021.– NNN-WAFA
