Palestine resumes contacts with US after 3-year hiatus
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Ramallah, Feb 2 : The Palestinian Authority has resumed contacts with the US government after a three-year hiatus following former American President Donald Trump s decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel leading to the severing of ties, a top official confirmed here.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, said: Today, I had a telephone conversation with Hadya Amr, a US official, who is in charge of the Palestinian and Israeli affairs in the American State Department.
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