RAMALLAH, September 7, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestine will participate in the Arab League Follow Up Peace Initiative meeting in Cairo next Monday to discuss the Palestinian leadership’s preparation to ask for United Nations membership for the State of Palestine later this month, said Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki on Wednesday.
In an interview with a national radio station, al-Malki said Palestine will also participate in the Arab Foreign Minister Council meeting in Cairo on September 13 and will head this term of meetings for six months.
Palestine will also chair the Arab League meetings in the UN, added al-Malki.
The Palestinian delegation will head to New York on September 16 and will meet with several foreign ministers to persuade their countries to vote for a full UN membership of a Palestinian state, at the next UN General Assembly meeting on September 20.
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