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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10426

26 July 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/middle east
Palestinian state - EU “notes” comments by Abbas

Brussels, 25/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - For the moment, the EU will only “note” what was said by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a speech delivered on Saturday 23 July, formally launching the international campaign for UN recognition of the state of Palestine. The EU confines itself to recalling the recent Council of Ministers statement, said the spokeswoman of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.

The campaign to win recognition of the state of Palestine is likely,...