Palestinian Authority wants better ties with Iran

PressTV

August 15, 2009

Acting Palestinian Authority Chief, Mahmoud Abbas, has expressed eagerness to boost relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

"Iran is a friend to our country and we have a political representative in that country, moreover, when we hear supportive speech from Iran (referring to Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman announcing Tehran's intention to boost ties with Fatah and the PA during President Ahmadinejad's second term in office), we embrace the chance," IRIB quoted Abbas as saying in a program broadcast on the Al Arabiya news channel on Friday.

He added that the Palestinian nation endorses the chance of improving ties with the Islamic Republic.

The Palestinian Fatah party kicked off its sixth general conference in the West Bank city of Beit Lahm (Bethlehem) on August 4 to renew its leadership, the first in 20 years and the first on Palestinian soil. The conference has officially announced the new central committee which is made up of 19 Fatah members.