Posted on 06/12/22
| News Source: i24
Abbas met with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas hosted Saturday a US delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf, ahead of an expected visit of US President Joe Biden.
NEA A/S Barbara Leaf & DAS Hady Amr met with President Abbas to discuss the U.S.-Palestinian relationship, U.S. assistance to Palestinians, deepening ties, + how Palestinians and Israelis alike deserve equal measures of freedom, security & prosperity. pic.twitter.com/07BDIhjuEN
— U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs (@StateDept_NEA) June 11, 2022
Abbas reiterated his requests to remove the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from the US list of terrorist entities during the meeting, his office said.
The Palestinian president also requested that the PLO's office in Washington and the American consulate for east Jerusalem be reopened after both were closed under the Trump administration, the PA presidency said in a statement.
Leaf, who began a three-day trip to the Palestinian territories and Israel on Saturday, met Abbas "to discuss the US-Palestinian relationship, US assistance to Palestinians, deepening ties + how Palestinians and Israelis alike deserve equal measures of freedom, security & prosperity," the State Department said.