US says recognition of Palestinian state premature
Brazil and Argentina's recognition of a Palestinian state is premature, US Undersecretary of State William Burns said during a visit to Chile on Friday.
Argentina's government said on Monday it had decided to recognize a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 war, following a similar move days earlier by neighboring Brazil. Uruguay also voiced recognition. "It's only through negotiation between the parties themselves, Palestinians and Israelis, that we'll be able to realize the two-state solution," Burns told reporters in the Chilean capital, Santiago. (Reuters)
