Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki announced the withdrawal of the Palestinian Ambassador from the United Arab Emirates due to the normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel, the Foreign Ministry said.
"Based on the decree of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine immediately withdraws its Ambassador from the UAE due to the trilateral statement of the US, Israel and the UAE on the normalization of relations," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said in a statement published on the official Facebook page of the Ministry.
The Palestinian leadership announced on Thursday its strong rejection and condemnation of the trilateral agreement between Israel, the UAE and the United States.
Earlier it was reported that Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to fully normalize relations. In a joint trilateral statement with the United States, it said that under the terms of the deal with the United Arab Emirates, Israel will temporarily postpone the decision to extend its sovereignty to territories in the West Bank. Also in the coming weeks, Israel and the UAE will sign a number of agreements in the field of investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications and others.
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