Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh heading the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah. (WAFA Images)

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 19, 2019 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today urged the government of South Korea not to include the illegal settlement products in the free trade agreement it intends to sign with Israel.

Shtayyeh told the weekly Palestinian cabinet meeting held in Ramallah that Foreign Minister Riyad Malki is going to get in touch with the South Koreans to press them on excluding the settlement products in their free trade agreement with Israel.

Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal under international law and many governments insist on labelling settlement products as made in the settlements and not in Israel, as is the case with the Europe Union.

M.K.