  {"id":194254,"date":"2015-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194254"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:46:20","slug":"auto-insert-194254","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194254\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General\u2019s meeting with Palestinian President Abbas &#8211; SG Spokesperson readout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#0060a0;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Readout of the Secretary-General&#8217;s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Secretary-General congratulated the President for the raising later today of the flag of Palestine as a non-member Observer State.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">They discussed the situation in the occupied West Bank, especially recent developments in the Old City of Jerusalem, including the need for both sides to defuse tensions. The Secretary-General underscored the need to make progress on intra-Palestinian reconciliation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">They also discussed President Abbas&#39; diplomatic initiatives and the future of the Middle East peace process. The Secretary-General reiterated that a political horizon must be restored without further delay for a resumption of peace negotiations towards a two-state solution.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">New York, 30 September 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=4174\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=4174<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readout of the Secretary-General&#8217;s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine. 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