[ 25/05/2011 - 12:19 PM ] MOSCOW, (PIC)-- Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouq has declared that Hamas will not repeat the ”historic mistake” of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) when it recognized Israel in 1993.
”In international laws and norms, no one demands a party, a group or an organization to recognize a state, so it's unreasonable to demand that Hamas recognize Israel,” Abu Marzouq said during a press conference held by Palestinian factions visiting Russia.
Abu Marzouq, who is the deputy chairman of Hamas's Political Bureau, said that the PLO's recognition of Israel was “a historic mistake, as it was not a state so as to recognize another state.”
”If it was required to recognize it, the recognition should have been mutual, and not just from one side. Recognition should also have been in the last stage of negotiations, not at the beginning,” he said.
Abu Marzouq said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the Russian government has pledged to support a Palestinian state if the Palestinians petitioned for it with the UN Security Council.
He added that discussions with the Russians were “constructive”.
“We listened to Russia's position in detail on the national unity government and putting the Palestinian house in order, and we found considerable support from the foreign minister and Russian government in organizing the Palestinian house, in a way that includes what we agreed on in Cairo, that includes a government of technocrats and qualified Palestinians, the re-construction of the PLO, based on what we agreed on according to the Cairo agreements, as well as resuming the function of the Palestinian Legislative Council in order to implement the Cairo agreement.”
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