Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas touched down in London on Sunday for a three-day visit at the invitation of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ramallah’s official Wafa news agency reported.

The visit will focus on efforts to secure a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of “hostages and detainees” and increasing humanitarian aid to the enclave, according to the report.

The discussions are also expected to address Ramallah’s demand that it be put in charge of Gaza after the war, proposals for rebuilding the Strip, as well as the situation in Judea and Samaria, the agency said.

Abbas will meet with Starmer to advance the P.A.’s “bilateral relations” with London and coordinate ahead of the U.K.’s expected decision to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the Un

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