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Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on May 5, the German government said Friday, as Europe mulls the recognition of a Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting would take place \u201cat the invitation of the chancellor\u201d in the context of Germany\u2019s interaction with all parties to the Middle East peace process, a government spokeswoman said, declining to specify the discussion points on the agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weekly news magazine Der Spiegel said the talks would see Merkel explaining why she thinks it ill-advised for Abbas to push for recognition of a Palestinian state at a UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

The international community has fixed September as a target date for the creation of a Palestinian state, but the timeline is threatened by heightened Palestinian-Israeli hostilities and a US block on European attempts to break the deadlock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace talks stalled last September after Israel refused to extend a moratorium on settlements.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are impatient to see what the Germans have to propose,\u201d the Palestinians\u2019 envoy to Germany Salah Abdel Shafi was quoted as telling the weekly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Merkel received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin, saying: \u201cWe feel that there should, and there could, be progress made by the autumn, by September 2011\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

She also stressed that Germany would not unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Abbas met President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, as French ambassador Gerard Araud told the UN Security Council in New York that his country, with the rest of Europe, was considering recognition of a Palestinian state \u201cwith a view to creating a political horizon for relaunching the peace process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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