Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said today that, “Considering that the demand presented by his excellency [Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas] is just and consistent with the principles upheld by Brazil with regard to the Palestinian issue, Brazil, through this letter, recognises a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders,” it said.

The letter refers to the “legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people for a secure, united, democratic and economically viable state coexisting peacefully with Israel.”

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