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Argentina recognizes Palestinian state

Arab World Materials 6 December 2010 22:51 (UTC +04:00)
Argentina has become the second Latin American state after Brazil to recognize Palestine as an independent state, Press TV reported.
Argentina recognizes Palestinian state

Argentina has become the second Latin American state after Brazil to recognize Palestine as an independent state, Press TV reported.

In a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner wrote that her country recognizes Palestine as a "free and independent state" as defined by the 1967 borders, AFP reported.

On Friday, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that Brasilia recognizes the Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.

The Brazilian announcement came in a public letter in response to a personal request by Abbas on November 24.

The Brazilian letter expressed support for the Palestinians' quest for a homeland as a "legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people for a secure, united, democratic and economically viable state."

The international community backs Palestinian demands for a state in most of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, all territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.

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