Palestinian Foreign Minister Asked to Fight Aggressive So UN Member

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa requested more aggressive in promoting the Palestinian cause. Known, the United Nations (UN) has endorsed an increase in the status of the Palestinian Authority.

"Palestinian Parliament must be signed Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), I want the Secretary of State as played by Turkey," said a member of the Palestinian Parliamentary Caucus for Eva Kusuma Indonesia Sundar.

PDI-P politicians it exemplifies the attitude of Turkey which significantly escorting Arab Spring. In fact, in terms of legitimacy, said Eva, Indonesia is stronger than Turkey. Given the number of Muslims in Indonesia, the world's largest.

"Secretary of State must be more aggressive so in how many years can be full Palestinian membership in the UN," he said.
Known, the UN General Assembly, on Thursday (11/29/2012) local time, authorize an increase in the status of the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations, despite opposition from the United States and Israel.

Based on the voting, which was held in the UN General Assembly, as many as 138 of the 193 UN member states to increase their support Palestinian statehood at the UN, a non-member observer state from the previous state of the observer.

While 41 countries abstained, and only nine states that oppose it.

Post-determination, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who championed an increase in status it stated grateful that it got a last chance to save the two-state solution, which is a requirement for peace with Israel.

"We did not come here trying to delegitimize the state that has been established years ago, and that is Israel, but we come to affirm the legitimacy of the state that have achieved independence, and it is the Palestinians," he said.

Source: http://www.tribunnews.com/2012/12/01