EU to meet on PA statehood bid

The European Union (EU) holds in Poland on Friday a meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers to vote on the Palestinian Authority (PA)''s UN statehood recognition bid, scheduled on September, 20. French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier urged the 27 EU countries to speak together on this matter, calling for a greater role for Europe in the Middle East diplomatic process. The EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told Israeli officials during her visit to Israel this week that she was trying to convince the PA to not take the measure to the UN, according to the Israeli newspaper " The Jerusalem Post".