calendar>>October 5. 2011 Juch 100
Palestinian FM Accuses U.S. of Delaying Palestinian UN Membership Bid

Pyongyang, October 5 (KCNA) -- Reyad al-Malki, foreign minister of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), in an interview with the "Voice of Palestine" radio on October 2 accused the United States of its unreasonable attitude.

He condemned the U.S. for having resorted to "intentional procrastination" after the Palestinians' bid for full UN membership was transferred to a committee of experts and decided not to transfer 200 million U.S. dollars to the PNA budget in response to their UN membership bid.

"Such a decision won't obstruct the ongoing Palestinian efforts to gain the full membership of a state in the UN," said Malki.

"We will follow carefully all the measures that would lead to bringing the bid to the Security Council for voting," he said.

Copyright (C) KOREA NEWS SERVICE(KNS) All Rights Reserved.