PRESS RELEASE : Prime Minister meeting with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority [September 2024]
The press release issued by 10 Downing Street on 26 September 2024.
The Prime Minister met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at UNGA this afternoon.
The Prime Minister expressed his condolences for the civilian death toll in Gaza.
He said that we need an immediate ceasefire, the release of the hostages and unrestricted humanitarian aid.
The Prime Minister also condemned the increase in settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank.
The Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s strong support for the Palestinian Authority, and they agreed to continue close collaboration.
He underlined that the only solution to the cycle of violence was to create a credible and irreversible pathway to a Palestinian State, alongside the State of Israel.
