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Palestine Plans to Open Embassy in Vatican Within 2 Months

© AP Photo / Pool Photo via APVatican Foreign Minister Paul Gallagher, right, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al-Malki, shake hands after signing a treaty at a ceremony inside the Vatican, Friday, June 26, 2015
Vatican Foreign Minister Paul Gallagher, right, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al-Malki, shake hands after signing a treaty at a ceremony inside the Vatican, Friday, June 26, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki said that Palestine plans to open its embassy in the Holy See within two months.

Vatican Foreign Minister Paul Gallagher, right, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al-Malki, shake hands after signing a treaty at a ceremony inside the Vatican, Friday, June 26, 2015. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Palestine plans to open its embassy in the Holy See within two months, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki said Thursday.

“We have signed a legal agreement with the Vatican that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church, which is represented in many countries, and the Palestinian government. And it’s possible that in the next couple of months we will open our embassy in the Vatican,” Maliki said at a press conference in Moscow.

According to the Palestinian embassy in Moscow, Palestine maintains 77 diplomatic and consular representations abroad.

The first Palestinian embassy in Western Europe opened in Sweden’s Stockholm in February.

Palestine is seeking the creation of an independent state. However, the UN Security Council failed to pass a resolution on Palestinian statehood in 2014, as the United States vetoed it.

So far, 135 out of the 193 UN member states recognize the State of Palestine.

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