Ireland: Support PA progress in constructing institutions
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The Irish Foreign Ministry made it clear Tuesday that in spite of its decision to upgrade the status of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Dublin; it is in no way an embassy, nor does it receive the full diplomatic privileges and immunities. Those will only be given if Ireland were to recognize a Palestinian state officially.
"The decision comprises Ireland's long time support for the establishment of a Palestinian state and the Palestinian Authority's progress in constructing its institutions," the ministry noted, "and it was made much like decisions made by a number of EU member states including France, Spain and Portugal. (Ronen Medzini)
