Al-Ahmad: We need Tunisia to gain European support for recognition of Palestine

Local media in Palestine revealed that Azzam al-Ahmad, a member of  Central Committee of Fatah had delivered a message from Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas to his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi, in which he asked him to support the Palestinian cause and play a role in convincing the European countries to do the same.

“Tunisia represents a significant source of influence in Europe, so we have asked Tunisia to play an important role with its European friends, and France in particular, in order to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and realize the dream of a the Palestinian State.”

Al-Ahmad said in an interview with Quds Press: “We asked for Tunisian support in convincing the Europeans to immediately recognizing the Palestinian State.”

Al-Ahmad, visited Tunisia last week to attend an international conference organized by the Tunisian General Labour Union on Jerusalem. He met with the head of the Ennahda movement, Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi, and asked him to mediate with Hamas so as to facilitate the implementation of the reconciliation agreement signed between them on October 12 in Cairo.

Since the US president announced on December 6 that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the Palestinian Authority has declared that America is no longer an honest meditator and has refused to receive US Vice President Mike Pence. On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Tunisia heading a high-level delegation.