Dutch deny support for Palestinian statehood

The Netherlands will not support a Palestinian move for statehood at the UN and will continue to push for a resumption of talks with Israel, the Dutch foreign minister said on Thursday. "It will not be supported by the Netherlands," Uri Rosenthal said in The Hague after talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who is on a three-day working visit to the country.
The Palestinian leader earlier this month urged European Union nations to recognise the state of Palestine before the UN's General Assembly in September. Read more