RAMALLAH, Aug 27 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official announced yesterday that, a three-way summit will be held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, within the coming days, to discuss the Palestinian issue.
Azzam al-Ahmad, member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), told reporters that, leaders of Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, will hold a three-way summit meeting, to discuss the current situation of the Palestinian question.
“The summit will focus on coordinating the three countries’ political positions, and the efforts on resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians,” al-Ahmad told reporters, here.
He added that, the Palestinian leadership “needs to coordinate its political positions with the Egyptian and Jordanian sides, as well as, with other Arab and Islamic countries, on establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
Al-Ahmad also said that, Palestine holds contacts for holding the annual Arab League summit, that will be chaired by Algeria, adding that, the Palestinian leadership works on unifying the Arab efforts to find a fair solution for the Palestinian question.
Meanwhile, al-Ahmad announced that, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is to chair a meeting for the PLO executive committee in Ramallah next week, before he heads to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York in Sept.
He said, the meeting will discuss internal Palestinian issues, related to ending the internal division, the policies of Israel against the Palestinians, and the calls on the United States to practice real pressure on Israel, to respect the two-state solution.