Abbas was in Paris on a 10-day trip to drum up support for U. n. membership, and listened politely to U. S. envoy David Hale and Jerusalem Consul General Daniel Rubinstein.

阿巴斯那时在巴黎进行为期十天的旅程，为赢得对巴勒斯坦正式会员地位的支持而宣传，他倾听美国特使大卫·海尔和美国驻耶路撒冷领事丹尼尔·罗宾斯丁的意见。

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Palestinian leaders have said they would seek statehood recognition from the U.N.Security Council for an area comprising the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

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Next, the U.N. chief went to Jerusalem for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

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