# Palestinian president addresses UN leaders in prerecorded video after visa denial

https://mins.news/en/item/72599

- CBC News, 2026-09-24 15:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mahmoud-abbas-united-nations-general-assembly-9.7356711?cmp=rss

> Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke to UN General Assembly leaders on Thursday in a prerecorded video from his office in Ramallah, after the United States denied visas to him and other senior Palestinian officials for the second consecutive year.

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