Brussels, 23/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, is currently on visit to Brussels (he met EP President Jerzy Buzek on Tuesday evening and is to meet with the permanent president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, on Wednesday 24 February). He takes the view that the creation of an independent Palestinian state would be in Israel's “vital interest”. Abbas said: “We all aspire towards lasting and just peace (…) in a state that will...