RAMALLAH, West Bank, Rajab 25, 1432, Jun 27, 2011, SPA - A senior Palestinian official says the Palestinians will make the rounds of nearly a dozen countries to try to drum up more support for their bid to have the United Nations recognize a Palestinian state. Hana Amireh, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's decision-making Executive Committee, said Monday that Palestinian officials will visit Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India, among other countries, according to a report of the Associated Press. On Sunday, the West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to seek U.N. recognition in September of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Al-Quds. --SPA 14:13 LOCAL TIME 11:13 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/906004