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RAMALLAH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Palestine is holding intensive contacts on convening an international conference for peace, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Palestine envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour told "Voice of Palestine" that "intensifying the contacts comes in preparation for an open session scheduled for the UN Security Council on the 26th of January."

He added that the Palestinian side relies on exploiting the current developments and changes in the international political arena to gain more international support for convening an international peace conference.

He added that the current contacts focus on exploring the Security Council member states' positions, "even if they have some ideas on practical mechanisms to push forward the holding of the desired international conference."

Last year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the UN to prepare to hold a peace conference by the first half of 2021. Enditem