U.S. official: No plans to withhold veto on a Jerusalem UN resolution
"A U.S. State Department official has denied an earlier report saying the United States will consider abstaining if the the United Nations votes on East Jerusalem.
The BBC reported on Sunday that the United States would "seriously consider abstaining" should the United Nations Security Council pass a resolution condemning Israel's housing construction in East Jerusalem.
That message was passed during a meeting between a senior U.S. official and Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani, a diplomatic source told the BBC.
Replying to the BBC report on Tuesday, the U.S. official said that "there is no such initiative before the Council, and we are not pursuing or encouraging any such action."....."
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