Palestinian Authority delegate Azzam Al-Ahmad visits Lebanese president, PM, and Parliament speaker and request support for the recognition of a Palestinian State in the UN.

Amid Palestinian efforts to attain international support for acknowledging an independent Palestinian state in the United Nations, the Palestinian authority held talks with the Lebanese president, PM, and parliament speaker, whom on their part emphasized this right.

According to As-Safir newspaper, Palestinian President Mahmous Abbas’s delegate Azzam Al-Ahmad made a visit to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Najib Miqati and requested the neighboring country’s support in the UN in September.

Al-Ahmad asked for “Lebanon’s support to the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to attain UN membership by ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state with its capital Al-Quds.”

Abbas’s delegate updated Speaker Berri about the Palestinian efforts. Both sides discussed possible means that could be used for rallying members of the international community to support this step.

On the other hand, PM Miqati assured Lebanon’s rejection to a Palestinian settlement in Lebanon, and emphasized their right of return to their lands, and of having an independent state with the capital Al-Quds.

PM Miqati further considered that “the Israeli violations and assaults should motivate the Lebanese to be aware of the ongoing Israeli danger, and urge them to favor national unity over other causes… no matter how important these causes are.”