Abbas Perintahkan Pejabat Gunakan Nama `Negara Palestina`
Abbas Orders Official Use of `State of Palestine`
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Ramallah (B2B) - Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas memerintahkan penggunaan resmi "Negara Palestina" pada paspor baru, kartu penduduk, surat izin mengemudi dan perangko.
Putusan yang disiarkan Kantor Berita WAFA tersebut disampaikan setelah Palestina akhir tahun lalu berhasil memperoleh status pengamat non negara di PBB yang ditentang sengit Israel dan AS.
Abbas mengatakan, perubahan kata-kata pada dokumen resmi itu akan membantu memperkuat Negara Palestina "di lapangan dan membangun lembaga-lembaganya... serta kedaulatan atas wilayahnya".
Pekan lalu, ia memerintahkan kementerian luar negeri dan kedutaan-kedutaan besarnya di seluruh dunia mulai menggunakan 'Negara Palestina' dalam korespondensi resmi, seperti dikutip ahram.org.
Kementerian Luar Negeri Israel menolak mengomentari langkah Palestina itu.
Ramallah - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas gave orders Sunday for work to begin on new passports, ID cards, drivers' licences and stamps reading "State of Palestine," official media said.
The decree, carried by the official WAFA news agency, came in the wake of the Palestinians' successful bid late last year for non-member observer state status at the United Nations over intense Israeli and US opposition.
Abbas said the changed language on official documents would help strengthen the Palestinian state "on the ground and build its institutions... and its sovereignty over the its land."
Already last week, he ordered the foreign ministry and embassies around the world to begin using "State of Palestine" in official correspondence.
Previously, official documents issued by Abbas's government, including passports and other identification documents, had been labelled as issued by the Palestinian Authority, which he heads.
The Israeli foreign ministry declined to comment on the latest Palestinian move.
