French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Friday that a bid by Palestinians to win UN recognition as a state would risk triggering a dangerous diplomatic confrontation.
The European Union appears to be split over whether to support the Palestinian demand for recognition of a state at the United Nations later this month as EU Foreign Ministers discuss the issue this weekend at an informal meeting in Poland.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that the European Union should decide en bloc whether and when to recognise the Palestinian Authority's bid for United Nations recognition as a state.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he favours improving his country’s relations with Turkey but he sees ''no reason'' for Israel to apologize for the 2010 Gaza-bound flotilla incidents.
Intelligence assessment says Iran's president is in favor of shedding secrecy, but clerical leadership - fearing international reaction - opposes such a move.
It is believed that Erdogan is using Gaza visit as bargaining chip to pressure Israel into apologizing for the killing of nine Turkish activists on the Mavi Marmara.
Relatives of victims of a 1994 bombing that leveled the seven-story Jewish charity building demanded Monday that Iran hand over officials suspected of masterminding the attack.
