The Arab Parliament on Thursday welcomed Venezuela’s recent decision to upgrade the level of diplomatic representation in Palestine from merely a representative office to an embassy.

“The decision is a translation of Venezuela’s recognition of the State of Palestine in 2009 and continuation of its support and backing to the Palestinian people and their just cause, and contribution to establishing the State of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital,” the parliament said in a press release.

This step gives significant signs of fresh trends and changes by world countries and international attitudes towards the occupation and a Palestinian state, especially amid violations and aggressions by occupation authority and its settlers on Palestinian people, it lamented.

In this context, the parliament called on all world countries to take follow suit by standing side by side with the Palestinian people in order to regain their just and legitimate rights, including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

Malaysian President Nicolas Maduro on Friday, welcoming a high-level Palestinian delegation, had vowed to upgrade the level of his country’s diplomatic representation in Palestine to the embassy level, restating absolute support for the government and people of Palestine.

Source: Kuwait News Agency