Mahmoud Abbas re-elected to lead PLO executive

Mahmoud Abbas has been re-elected to as chairman of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses The Palestinian National Council 23rd opening session in the West Bank city of Ramallah Source: AAP

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been re-elected as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Abbas's expected reappointment came at the end of a four-day meeting by the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early Friday.

The PNC chose a new Executive Committee, the most senior body of the PLO.

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Published 4 May 2018 8:54am

Updated 4 May 2018 9:02am

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