Emmanuel Macron takes yet one more step in direction of the popularity of a Palestinian state | EUROtoday

The announcement could therefore take place in New York, at the United Nations, at a meeting that Paris will co -reside with Saudi Arabia. A logistics which would allow “finalizing the mutual recognition motion by a number of”, according to the plan of the Head of State.

“We are fighting for Gaza, the return of peace and security, humanitarian and a political solution,” mentioned the President of the Republic. A extremely symbolic and delicate determination, which might finish many years of procrastination of France. But, assures Emmanuel Macron, who won’t be taken “to please this or that”, however to “participate in a collective dynamic, which must also allow all those who defend Palestine to recognize in turn Israel, which several of them do not do”.

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If, at this stage, the French president continues to make use of the conditional, this initiative arouses a starting of enthusiasm inside the Palestinian government. The nation’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Warsen Aghabekian Shahin, acknowledges that it could be a “step in the right direction, in accordance with the defense of the rights of the Palestinian people and the two-state solution” he assured with the France-Presse company.

A two -state resolution additionally defended for a very long time by France, which recognizing a Palestinian state would be part of the 147 of the 193 nations composing the UN – together with 10 member nations of the European Union – having already adopted an identical place. Among the newest examples of states which have formalized this strategy, we discover in May 2024 Spain, Ireland and Norway.