PA calls on Quartet to pressure Israel to allow elections in Jerusalem
Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki on February 26, 2020 at the UN Office in Geneva [FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images] April 6, 2021 at 10:27 am
The Palestine Authority (PA) yesterday urged the Quartet on the Middle East to pressure Israel into allowing Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in occupied East Jerusalem,
Wafa news agency reported.
In a letter sent by PA Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Al-Maliki to the members of the Quartet – UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU Minister for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Palestinian official highlighted the steps taken towards holding elections in May, including updating the electoral register and accepting the lists of electoral candidates.