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14 November 2007
Wednesday November 14, 2007 13:55
by PNN - IMEMC News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday declared that the Palestinian Authority would accept no peace settlement that did not include east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Speaking during a speech delivered to the Turkish parliament, Abbas reminded listeners of the importance of the upcoming Annapolis summit and urged all participants to give all they could in ensuring a successful outcome in the negotiations.
Abbas also warned of the consequences of a failure to negotiate a peaceful solution, arguing that, with ongoing Israeli procedures against the Palestinian people, the continued existence and construction of the illegal Israeli wall and the continued incarceration of approximately 12,000 Palestinian people in Israeli jails, the region would quickly return to the quagmire of violence and tension that has blighted the political landscape for so many years.
Of Palestinian demands at the upcoming conference, Abbas called for a fair and just solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees, the implementation of the Arab peace initiative and, seemingly most importantly to the President, a guarantee of East Jerusalem's status as the future capital of a Palestinian state.
"East Jerusalem is an inseparable part of our future state , there will be no capital for this state but East Jerusalem, so there is a necessity to guarantee the religions rights and prevent any friction that would disturb the situations,"
Abbas said.
The President's official visit to Turkey coincides with a similar diplomatic mission by Israeli president Shimon Peres.
Translated by Manar Jibrin-IMEMC News
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