23 Dec 2014 11:44

Erekat: Draft resolution on independent Palestinian state to be put to UNSC vote within days

MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax) - A Palestinian draft resolution on the independent Palestinian state may be put to the vote at the UN Security Council within days, chief Palestinian negotiator with Israel Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday.

"Technical consultations are underway and the vote may happen any moment, it is due to take place before the yearend. The draft may be put to the vote within several days," he said at a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday.