Abbas calls on EU to support Palestinian UN membershipPresident of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday travelled to Brussels in an attempt to get European support on Palestine's UN membership bid. "We raised the Palestinian flag at Unesco. Now we hope EU will come when we raise the flag at the United Nations, with their support", Abbas said.
For his part, President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, highlighted the Union's commitment to a two-state solution.