The Palestinians have frozen all meetings with the United States after it decided to close their representative office in Washington, officials said on Tuesday,.
"In practice by closing the office they are freezing all meetings and we are making that official," Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki told AFP.
A spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organisation confirmed that it had received instructions from Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas "regarding closing down all communication lines with the Americans".
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