Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the African Union and its member states to support the idea of an international peace conference and to participate in it, as well as to send observers to the general elections that will be held soon in Palestine, on Sunday.
During his speech at the 32nd African Union Summit in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, Abbas warned against Israel’s attempts to change the character and identity of the city of Jerusalem, and its call on some states to transfer their embassies to it, which contravenes international law and Security Council resolutions, specifically resolution 478 of 1980.
He said that those who encourage Israel to act as a state above international law are the American administration, which is no longer competent to take care of the negotiations alone after it proved its bias to the Israelis.
Abbas emphasized that the struggle against colonialism, racism and injustice and the affirmation of the right of peoples to self-determination are common issues between Palestine and the peoples of the African continent, stressing his rejection of any American intervention in the affairs of any country, as it’s happening now in Venezuela.
He also stressed his rejection and condemnation of all forms of terrorism and extremism in the name of the religion that targets some African capitals, such as the one that took place in the Kenyan capital Nairobi last month.
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