Ramallah: The Palesinian National Authority will begin drawing its borders with surrounding Arab states, following the completion of a plan to attain statehood through the United Nations, according to an official.
Bassam Al Salehi, the Secretary General of the Palestinian People's Party, told Gulf News that the leadership has lost faith in peace talks which is why they are approaching the matter through the UN.
"States which recognise each other, draw and fix their borders," he said. "So far we have secured the approval of about 120 states from around the world to endorse an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borderline," he added.
"We will present Israel as an occupation force at the UN. We cannot attach the fate of an independent Palestinian state to the will of the Israelis," he said.
