The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa for a second consecutive year, preventing him from attending the United Nations General Assembly session in New York, infohub.kz reports.
The US State Department published an explanation of the denial on its official website. "The State Department has informed Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority have once again failed to meet their obligations under the 1989 PLO Commitments Compliance Act and the 2002 Middle East Peace Commitments Act. These failures include initiating and supporting actions in international organizations that contradict previously undertaken commitments in support of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, efforts to internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including through the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, attempts to bypass negotiations by seeking unilateral recognition, and the continued payment of stipends to terrorists and the glorification of acts of terrorism and terrorists in public statements and school textbooks," the foreign ministry said.
Accordingly, the United States will expand sanctions barring visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority officials, the statement notes.
According to Anadolu, in 2025 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was also unable to attend the General Assembly in person due to the lack of a visa and addressed those gathered online.