MOSCOW, December 18 (Sputnik) — A draft resolution on the creation of a Palestinian state was submitted to the UN Security Council, Palestinians' representative to the organization Riyad Mansour stated.
The diplomat said the draft resolution was presented to the Security Council by Jordan, Agence France-Presse reported.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, calling for the recognition of the Palestinian Authority as a sovereign state.
Palestinians have long sought an independent state in West Bank, including the disputed city of East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip exclave.
In October, Palestinians said they would submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, demanding that the Israelis end their occupation and move the settlements, considered illegal by the European Union, from the territories by November 2016.
