Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), reiterated on Wednesday that Palestinian Authority (PA) officials will not be attending an economic conference in Bahrain next month in support of Washington's Middle East peace plan.

“This is a collective Palestinian position, from President Mahmoud Abbas and the PLO Executive Committee to all Palestinian political movements and factions, national figures, private sector and civil society,” said Erekat in a statement.


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