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WASHINGTON - The United States voiced its opposition on Monday to unilateral Palestinian moves to seek recognition for an independent state, saying negotiations with Israel were the best way forward.
Asked if the United States supported a Palestinian initiative to seek statehood recognition from the United Nations, a State Department spokesman said he was "not aware that they have come to us seeking our opinion, our approval."
"We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous... the best way to achieve that is negotiation between two parties," said spokesman Ian Kelly.
"We are convinced that has to be achieved through negotiations between two parties. We support a Palestinian state that arrives as a result of negotiations between two parties."
On Sunday, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said they would "go to the UN Security Council to ask for recognition of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and with June 1967 borders."
This in turn drew a warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that: "Any unilateral action will undo the framework of past accords and lead to unilateral actions from Israel."
- AFP /ls
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