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Berlin to Advise Palestinians Against State Bid
(AFP) A high-level German diplomatic mission to the Middle East will try to convince Palestinians to drop plans to gain UN recognition for an independent state in September. Development Minister Dirk Niebel told Der Spiegel magazine on Friday that he and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle would underline Berlin's reservations in talks with Palestinian leaders. "We must convince the Palestinians that a unilateral declaration of independence is the wrong way to go," Niebel said in an interview.