State of Palestine appoints first Ambassador to Grenada

Eleven years after Grenada acknowledged the State of Palestine and 9 years after establishing diplomatic relations, the primary ambassador from the State of Palestine shall be presenting her Letters of Credence to Governor Basic Dame Cecile La Grenade on Thursday.

A quick authorities assertion describing Thursday’s occasion as a “important step” stated Dr. Linda Sobeh Ali will current her credentials to the governor basic at her official residence.

On September 25, 2011, the then authorities of prime minister Tillman Thomas acknowledged the State of Palestine on the UN but it surely was not till two years later that the Keith Mitchell administration formally established diplomatic relations.

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Grenada is one among 138 United Nations members to acknowledge and set up diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine.

The brand new diplomat shall be based mostly in Venezuela. Grenada is but to nominate an envoy to the State of Palestine, which since 2012 has had a standing of a non-member observer state within the United Nations.

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