No security in Mideast without Palestinian state: Abbas

"Continued occupation of the Arab and Palestinian territories will not achieve peace," he said after holding talks with Annan in Ramallah.

"Security and stability can be attained only by guaranteeing the return of legal rights to the Palestinian people, implementing the resolutions of international legality, establishing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and resolving the issue of Palestinian refugees."

The UN secretary general echoed his comments.

"The creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel is the key to solving the problems in this troubled region," he said.

"The suffering of the Palestinian people must not be forgotten while we strive to bring peace to Lebanon," he said.

"It is important for me that I have been able to witness the suffering of the Palestinian people first hand," he said.

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