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Ramallah – PNN - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday it would be "illogical" for the United States to block a Palestinian bid for statehood planned for September in the United Nations.
After a meeting between Abbas and the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, French sources said that Sarkozy has given Abbas his 'clear support' for efforts leading to the formation of an independent Palestinian state.
Abbas, who is in Paris for talks with French leaders, commented that Washington is already in agreeance with the principle of a Palestinian state co-existing side by side with Israel in order to ultimately bring peace to the Middle East.
Speaking to France 24 television in an interview shown on Thursday Abbas said "in principle we have a lot of signs that the United States is ready to recognize the Palestinian state," he continued, "If the United States is not ready it would not be coherent and logical."
Palestinian leaders will be looking for backing of statehood at the U.N. General Assembly. Already over 100 nations have said they recognize Palestine as a state. In order to gain full UN membership however, this must come from the UN Security Council.
US diplomats say the U.S. government maintains uncertainties about a unilateral approach to Palestinian statehood and could hinder approval of full UN membership for Palestine.
Peace talks backed by the US between Israel and the Palestinians last September broke down after disputes over continued Israeli settlement building in the West Bank became unsurpassable. Abbas said that talks on his behalf will not be resumed until all West Bank settlement building is suspended.
After meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Francois Fillon, Abbas told journalists that the issue of Palestinian statehood was not mentioned as it was apparent what France's stance was.
A source from the presidential office said that Sarkozy had given Abbas his "clear support" for endeavors towards the creation of a Palestinian state. Fillon said last month that 2011 "should be the year when a Palestinian state is created."
Abbas spoke about possible unrest in the Palestinian territories if the Palestinian call for statehood was rebuffed in the United Nations.
Abbas warned "I don't know what the next step would be but maybe it would be difficult, maybe dangerous ...A third intifada (Palestinian uprising) is not my preference."
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