EU pitches counter-offers to Palestinian statehood bid

EUObserver reported that EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton unveiled an alternative proposal to a UN vote on recognising Palestine as part of the Middle East Quartet initiative on the 23 September 2011. But soft language on Israeli settlements and a competing French idea put the scheme in doubt.

This took place after after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas formally submitted his request to the United Nations for Palestine to be admitted as a full member on the 23 September 2011.

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