Portugal has joined Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
In a statement on Friday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the recognition will take place on Sunday, a day before a high-level conference on Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Portugal will officially recognise a Palestinian state, Portugal's foreign ministry said, ahead of a UN General Assembly where around ten other countries are set to follow suit.
ReplyDeleteBritain, Canada and France are among the other Western nations planning to give a Palestinian state recognition at the assembly, which comes as Israel's campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip grinds on.
Portugal had already announced in July that it intended to do so given the "extremely worrying evolution of the conflict", as well as the humanitarian crisis and Israel's repeated threats to annex Palestinian land.