Bolivia joined neighbours, recognizes the Palestinian State (Jerusalem Post)

Bolivia Friday joined the list of the South American countries that have announced their appreciation of a fully sovereign Palestinian State on the borders of 1967 with Israel, the Palestinian News Agency Ma' year reported.

President Bolivian Evo Morales made the announcement at the Brazil Conference with regional leaders, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia.

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South American countries recognize the Palestinian State

Moral "Bolivia recognizes the Palestinian State on the borders of 1967, together with the Brazil Argentina," was quoted saying.

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the move and he thanked the Bolivia for its support and expressed its appreciation to bilateral relations.

The spoke Bolivian President Abbas three days prior to the announcement, officials said.

Result of the Brazil trace over earlier in the month, also announced Argentina that he recognized a Palestinian State "free and independent", causing an immediate condemnation of Israel.

President Cristina Kirchner the Argentina said Abbas, in a letter that his country recognized a Palestine defined the borders of 1967, Argentine officials have said.

Shortly after, Uruguay announced that it would recognize a Palestinian State, next year. "Uruguay will be certainly follow the same path as the Argentina in 2011," Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Conde told AFP.

In the light of the announcement by the countries of South America, Palestinian negotiators this week for the first time asked countries to recognize a Palestinian West Bank and the band State in Gaza, even without a peace deal with Israel.

Palestinian officials said last week that they had asked the consuls general France, United Kingdom Sweden and Denmark as well as the Envoy of the European Union in the peace process to recognize the 1967 borders between Israel and "Palestine".

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