Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will not hold a planned meeting with U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence following Washington’s controversial policy shift on Jerusalem, an aide of Mr. Abbas said on Saturday.
“There will be no meeting with the Vice-President of America in Palestine,” diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khaldi said.
‘Counterproductive’
“The United States has crossed all the red lines with the Jerusalem decision,” Mr Khaldi added.
The White House warned on Thursday that cancelling the meeting planned for later this month in the West Bank would be “counterproductive”, but Mr. Abbas has been under heavy domestic pressure to shun Mr. Pence following President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
