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NEW DELHI: India protested against
Israel's decision to deny permission
to envoys of five nations from
crossing over to Ramallah for a NAM
meeting on Sunday. "We have taken
strong objection to the fact that we were unable to express solidarity
with the Palestinian people by
holding this meeting in Ramallah,"
said MEA spokesman Syed
Akbaruddin.
The meeting of 12 representatives of
NAM's Palestine committee, which
would have supported a Palestinian
bid for an upgraded UN membership,
was cancelled.
According to the
Israeli foreign ministry, Tel Aviv decided not to permit entry by
officials from countries with which it
does not have diplomatic relations.
The foreign ministers of Cuba,
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Algeria, who were planning to cross from Jordan with their delegations,
were denied entry.
NAM members
with which Israel does have relations
are cleared to enter the country, the
ministry said. These include Egypt,
India, Columbia, South Africa, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
"This only strengthens our resolve to
assist the Palestinian people in their
legitimate quest to dignity and their
inalienable right to statehood,"
Akbaruddin, said. He said India's
representative on the committee Sanjay Singh, Secretary (east) in MEA,
was in Amman en route to Ramallah,
when the meeting was cancelled on
Sunday.
Palestine has an observer status in the
UN, and this might be upgraded to a
non-member status. The NAM summit
is scheduled to be held in Iran on
August 30-31, which will be attended
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
NEW DELHI: India protested against
Israel's decision to deny permission
to envoys of five nations from
crossing over to Ramallah for a NAM
meeting on Sunday. "We have taken
strong objection to the fact that we were unable to express solidarity
with the Palestinian people by
holding this meeting in Ramallah,"
said MEA spokesman Syed
Akbaruddin.
The meeting of 12 representatives of
NAM's Palestine committee, which
would have supported a Palestinian
bid for an upgraded UN membership,
was cancelled.
According to the
Israeli foreign ministry, Tel Aviv decided not to permit entry by
officials from countries with which it
does not have diplomatic relations.
The foreign ministers of Cuba,
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Algeria, who were planning to cross from Jordan with their delegations,
were denied entry.
NAM members
with which Israel does have relations
are cleared to enter the country, the
ministry said. These include Egypt,
India, Columbia, South Africa, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
"This only strengthens our resolve to
assist the Palestinian people in their
legitimate quest to dignity and their
inalienable right to statehood,"
Akbaruddin, said. He said India's
representative on the committee Sanjay Singh, Secretary (east) in MEA,
was in Amman en route to Ramallah,
when the meeting was cancelled on
Sunday.
Palestine has an observer status in the
UN, and this might be upgraded to a
non-member status. The NAM summit
is scheduled to be held in Iran on
August 30-31, which will be attended
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
