The Greek
parliament unanimously asked from the Greek government the
recognition of the State of Palestine at a special session held on
Tuesday in the presence of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas was
welcomed as head of state by parliament president Nikos Voutsis and
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: “we welcome you in the presence
of the prime minister, members of the parliament's presidium and
president of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of parliament
and the Committee of the Greek-Palestinian friendship of parliament”.
On his part,
Abbas stated “the grand step of recommending to the Greek
government to recognise a State of Palestine will go down in the
history and in the future paces of the Palestinian people”
adding also “We are very proud that we are here at the bastion
of the Greek democracy” who expressed the Palestinian people's
gratitude and pleasure for the 'grandiose', as he called it, “Greek
parliament's initiative that further contributes to the foundation of
the Palestinian State” adding “We feel at home. Further
steps for the strengthening of the already close and historic
relations between the peoples will follow” said Abbas and
concluded “We recently welcomed the Greek prime minister in
Palestine and we hope very soon to also welcome the President of the
Hellenic Republic and the parliament president”.
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