The Turkish government has granted the PLO permission to open a permanent bureau in Ankara and enjoy a semi-diplomatic status, according to French press reports from Turkey. The Turkish government decision was taken last week on the eve of the “Islamic Conference” which held its seventh session in Istanbul last Saturday.
The conference, attended by the representatives of 42 Moslem countries, unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its support for the Palestinians and calling on Israel “to withdraw to its 1948 borders.” This is the first time in recent years that an international conference spoke about the partition frontiers.
On the conference’s opening day, May 15, the Iranian government announced that it, too, has granted the PLO permission to operate a bureau in Teheran. Israel and Iran have had close and confident relations since the creation of the Jewish State.
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