RAMALLAH
Palestinian protesters on Sunday hurled eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird as he was leaving the building of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah to protest his country's support for Israel.
Dozens of Palestinians threw eggs at Baird following his meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki amid chants condemning what they said was Canada's supportive stance of Israel, an Anadolu Agency reported.
Baird arrived in Ramallah from Jerusalem on Sunday and was expected to leave after his meeting with al-Maliki.
On Saturday, Palestinian student movements called for protesting against the top Canadian diplomat's visit.
"We're here today to say that Baird's visit in not welcome and we call on him to leave Ramallah immediately," Essam Abubakr, one of the demonstrators, told AA.
"We condemn Canada's support for Israel's terrorism, and its support for Israel in the United Nations," Abubakr said, going on to call on the Canadian government to side with the Palestinian people who are "under Israeli occupation."
