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Abbas urges again for int'l conference for Mideast peace

Xinhua, February 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called again on Wednesday for holding an international conference to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to achieve peace in the Middle East.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boiko Borisov in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

"The conference has to produce an international mechanism similar to the one found recently and managed to resolve the crisis in the region," said Abbas.

He also said the Palestinians are determined to apply to the UN Security Council against Israel's insistent settlement policy, arrests and raids on the West Bank, which failed the rescue of the peace process.

Meanwhile, Borisov reiterated Bulgaria's position that backs the peace process based on the two-state principle, according to the WAFA.

He had earlier met with the Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah.

Hamdallah explained that Israel's continuous land confiscations and settlement expansions would undermine the Palestinian aspirations for independence.

"We hope that Bulgaria would support our attitude towards freedom and independence," said Hamdallah, "we hope that Bulgaria would recognize the independent state of Palestine." Endit