# EU urges US to lift travel ban on Palestinian delegation for UNGA meeting

https://mins.news/en/item/65332

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-19 09:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/eu-urges-us-to-lift-travel-ban-on-palestinian-delegation-for-unga-meeting?traffic_source=rss

> The EU says it regrets the US decision, for a second consecutive year, to deny visas to Palestinian Authority officials seeking to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. It urges Washington to reconsider, while the assembly has approved Mahmoud Abbas’s prerecorded address during its upcoming 81st session.

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