Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Turkish capital of Ankara next Monday to discuss the repercussions of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)'s failure to adopt a draft resolution setting on a deadline for ending Israel's occupation, a Palestinian diplomat has said.
Abbas will meet with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and a number of other senior officials to discuss issues related to Palestinian statehood, a diplomat requesting anonymity told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.
The official said talks would also address the reconstruction of the war-battered Gaza Strip following an Israeli offensive last summer that left more than 2,160 Palestinians dead – mostly civilians – and destroyed thousands of homes.
The two leaders will also discuss the recent tension in occupied East Jerusalem, home to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque, the diplomat said.
The PA has yet to formally announce Abbas's visit, which will come less than one month after a similar visit by Khaled Meshaal, the Qatar-based leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement. While in Turkey, Meshaal had attended a conference organized by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).
Last week, the UNSC rejected an Arab-backed Palestinian draft resolution that had set 2017 as a deadline for Israel's complete withdrawal from the occupied West Bank. The bill failed to win the nine votes needed to pass, with the U.S. – Israel's longstanding, veto-wielding ally – voting against the proposal.
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