Calls to recognise Palestine
12/10/2014
UK Government urged to open Palestinian embassy.
Palestine should be recognised as an independent state, enabling it to open its own UK embassy, External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf has said.
The Scottish Government has already provided £500,000 to the humanitarian relief effort in Gaza. (http://scottishgovernment.presscentre.com/News/Funding-for-Gaza-f43.aspx)
Palestine consulate would be welcomed
in Edinburgh, says Holyrood minister
Sunday 12 October 2014
The Scottish Government has urged Westminster to recognise Palestine as an independent state and invited the nation to establish its first European Consulate in Edinburgh.
External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf has written to Westminster to encourage the recognition of Palestine as an independent state
External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf has written to Westminster to encourage the recognition of Palestine as an independent state
Speaking ahead of a House of Commons vote on a motion calling upon the UK Government to recognise Palestine alongside the State of Israel, External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf has written to Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Philip Hammond to request he support the move.