The Palestinian Authority condemned the State Department's refusal on Aug. 29 to issue visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and about 80 other Palestinian officials who were planning to travel to the United Nations General Assembly, calling the move "a violation of international law and the United Nations Headquarters Agreement."

Pakistan protests

The agency quoted a statement issued by the U.S. State Department on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the refusal of visa applications or the revocation of visas for certain Palestinian officials, with the exception of members of the Permanent Mission of the Pakistani National Authority to the United Nations.

The statement accused the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority of "undermining the prospects for peace" andThe United States considers "national security interests"The above decision.

The U.S. Associated Press quoted a statement by the Pakistani national authorities,The Palestinian Presidential Office expressed its ¡°deep regret and shock¡± at the U.S. decision, which violated international law and the UN headquarters agreement."Especially since Palestine is a UN observer state."

The United Nations and the United States signed the United Nations Headquarters Agreement in 1947, under which the United States allowed foreign diplomats to enter the United Nations headquarters.

United Nations intervention

United Nations Secretary-General spokeswoman Stefan Diarrick said the United Nations would consult with the U.S. Department on the basis of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement signed by both sides.¡°It is very important that all UN member states and observers can attend the conference.¡±

Since the United States refused to issue a visa to Yasser Arafat, then leader of the PLO, in 1988, the United Nations General Assembly moved a meeting on the Palestinian issue from New York to Geneva, Switzerland, that year so that Arafat could attend.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sale welcomed the U.S. decision and thanked the Trump administration through social media for ¡°taking a bold move and backing Israel again.¡±

Riyad Mansour, Palestinian observer at the United Nations, told reporters on Friday.Abbas plans to lead a delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and address it as he has in previous years.According to several foreign media reports, Abbas is scheduled to attend a high-level meeting on the theme of the ¡°two-country plan¡± hosted by France and Saudi Arabia on September 22.

According to multiple media reports, Britain, France, Australia and Canada are expected to officially recognize the Palestinian state at this high-level meeting on September 22nd. Recently, many Western countries have successively announced that they will recognize the Palestinian state. Israel's continued military operations in the Gaza Strip and its continuous expansion of settlement construction in the West Bank have increasingly aroused anger and dissatisfaction in the international community.