Denmark, Finland upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status

Home World Denmark, Finland upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status 04-05-2013 07:42 PM Ammon News - COPENHAGEN (Petra) -Finland and Denmark have become the latest European countries to upgrade the status of Palestinian diplomatic missions. Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and Danish counterpart Villy Soevndal made the announcement Friday after a meeting of the Nordic foreign ministers in Stockholm. Soevndal said the move means that "Palestine gets the same status" as embassies from other countries based in Helsinki and Copenhagen, adding that both countries believe Palestinian self-rule has "come very far in recent years." The Danish minister confirmed that this upgrade comes to appreciate the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to achieve peace and final settlement. All five Nordic countries, which also include Sweden, Norway and Iceland, voted in favor of granting status to the Palestinians as a non-member observer state at the U.N. General Assembly in November.

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Denmark, Finland upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status

04-05-2013 07:42 PM

Ammon News - COPENHAGEN (Petra) -Finland and Denmark have become the latest European countries to upgrade the status of Palestinian diplomatic missions.

Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and Danish counterpart Villy Soevndal made the announcement Friday after a meeting of the Nordic foreign ministers in Stockholm.

Soevndal said the move means that "Palestine gets the same status" as embassies from other countries based in Helsinki and Copenhagen, adding that both countries believe Palestinian self-rule has "come very far in recent years." The Danish minister confirmed that this upgrade comes to appreciate the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to achieve peace and final settlement.

All five Nordic countries, which also include Sweden, Norway and Iceland, voted in favor of granting status to the Palestinians as a non-member observer state at the U.N. General Assembly in November.

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