Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Monday vowed to hold elections within a year after the war in Gaza ends, while calling on Hamas to surrender its weapons and condemning the group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack, APA reports.
Speaking via video to an international conference on Palestine in New York, held on the eve of this week's U.N. General Assembly, Abbas said the Palestinian people seek "a state based on pluralism and the peaceful transfer of power."
The Palestinian president also urged countries that have not yet recognized the state of Palestine to do so.
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