Editing Mahmoud Abbas (section)

===With foreign leaders===
[[File:The opening of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque (2015-09-23) 03.jpg |right|thumb| Abbas, [[Vladimir Putin]], and [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] opened Moscow's [[Moscow Cathedral Mosque|Cathedral Mosque]], 23 September 2015. ]]
[[File:Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends UNGA (54022912335).jpg|thumb|Abbas with British prime minister [[Keir Starmer]] in New York City, 25 September 2024]]
In May 2009, he welcomed Pope [[Benedict XVI]] to the West Bank, who supported Abbas's goal of a Palestinian State.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8047134.stm |title=Pope calls for Palestinian state |date=13 May 2009 |website=BBC News |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> Also in May 2009, Abbas made a visit to Canada, where he met with [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|foreign affairs minister]] [[Lawrence Cannon]] and [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]]. The same year Abbas visited [[Venezuela]] and met [[Hugo Chávez]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-329606358/death-of-an-international-strong-man |title=Death of an International Strong Man |first=Sharif Hikmat |last=Nashashibi |date=April 2013 |issue=442 |journal=The Middle East |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012094034/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-329606358/death-of-an-international-strong-man |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 2010, Abbas visited Japan for the third time as Palestinian president. In this visit he met Prime Minister [[Yukio Hatoyama]]. He also visited [[Hiroshima]], the first such visit by a Palestinian leader, and spoke about the suffering of Hiroshima, which he compared to the suffering of the Palestinians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20100209112446197_en |title=President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas visits Hiroshima |website=Hiroshima Peace Media Center |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012094038/http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20100209112446197_en |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2012, Abbas accused former U.S. secretary of state [[Condoleezza Rice]] of fabricating a conversation between them and denied such a conversation took place. The specific quote he denied was, "I can't tell four million Palestinians only five thousand of them can go home,"<ref name="Ma'an News Agency">{{cite news |url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/viewdetails.aspx?id=432399 |title=In memoir, Rice says 'historic peace' nearly reached |date=25 October 2011 |website=Ma'an News Agency |access-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105134453/http://www.maannews.net/eng/viewdetails.aspx?id=432399 |archive-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="Yedioth Ahronoth">{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4138022,00.html |title=Rice: I thought peace was within reach |date=23 October 2011 |work=[[Ynet]] |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> regarding the issue of Palestinian refugees. Abbas further said, "I'm not calling her a liar... I am saying we never had that conversation."<ref name="The Times of Israel">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-accuses-rice-of-fabricating-key-conversation-about-olmerts-peace-offer/ |title=Abbas accuses Rice of fabricating crucial conversation about Olmert's peace offer |first=Kayla J. |last=Adams |date=7 July 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> In response, Rice denied that she fabricated it. Her chief of staff, Georgia Godfrey, wrote, "Dr. Rice stands by her account of the conversation and what she wrote in her book."<ref name="The Times of Israel1">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/rebutting-abbas-condoleezza-rice-confirms-her-account-of-their-2008-refugee-conversation/ |title=Rebutting Abbas, Condoleezza Rice confirms her account of their 2008 refugee conversation |last=Ahren |first=Raphael |date=11 July 2012 |newspaper=The Times of Israel |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

In January 2019, Abbas accepted the chairmanship of the United Nations' [[Group of 77]], a coalition of 134 mainly developing nations and China, on behalf of Palestine, which is a non-member observer state of the UN. He was handed the gavel by Egypt's foreign minister [[Sameh Shoukry]], the outgoing chairman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/7a0ea4857106432885d845ab027591d4|title=Palestinians announce plans to again seek full UN membership|date=15 January 2019|work=AP NEWS|first=Edith M.|last=Lederer|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

Abbas made a state visit to China in 2023, and held talks with President [[Xi Jinping]] and met with Premier [[Li Keqiang]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Palestinian leader Abbas ends China trip after backing Beijing's crackdown on Muslim minorities |url=https://apnews.com/article/china-palestinians-abbas-xinjiang-7aa4038f6a3302dcaaedd23d44e0a3de |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>