US Does Not Acquiesce to State of Palestine, Rice Says

Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, expressed Washington’s disapproval of the latest move by Palestinians to capitalize on their upgraded UN status as Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki spoke at the Security Council on Wednesday.

It was the first Palestinian address to the Council since the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of Palestine to non-member observer state on November 29, 2012. Rice said Washington did not recognize the General Assembly vote “as bestowing Palestinian statehood or recognition.” .... http://www.presstv.ir