RAMALLAH (AFP) – Jordan Times. The Palestinians have secured eight Security Council yes votes for their UN membership bid, just one short of the nine they need, the Palestinian foreign minister said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in Ramallah, Riyad Al Malki said he had received assurances from two additional nations – Nigeria and Gabon – that they would vote in favour of the Palestinian bid for full state membership at the UN.
“We have eight states that will vote for Palestine in the Security Council,” he said. “We are working hard to have a ninth and a tenth.”
Malki said the Palestinians have assurances of “yes” votes from Lebanon, Russia, China, India, South Africa and Brazil, in addition to the new confirmations from Nigeria and Gabon.
“We are working on Bosnia, Colombia and Portugal,” he added, saying he was scheduled to visit Bosnia shortly, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will make stops in Colombia, Portugal, Honduras and the Dominican Republic in October.
Note by the editor: If Bosnia will not vote for Palestine this would be really shameful. What did the Americans promise them in return, I wonder?