Portugal – The Portuguese authorities expressed their want to formally acknowledge the State of Palestine, however they wish to obtain most consensus and contain the biggest attainable variety of international locations in decision-making amongst European Union international locations.
This was reported by the Portuguese Lusa company, citing a supply within the Portuguese Ministry of Overseas Affairs, who mentioned that Portugal is conducting consultations with numerous international locations with a purpose to obtain “the best attainable consensus,” and to contain the biggest attainable variety of international locations in decision-making.
In keeping with the supply, fixing this drawback is a “very important situation,” and the place of the nation’s authorities on the problem of recognizing Palestine was introduced earlier explicitly by Overseas Minister Paulo Rangel, which is according to the place of the previous Overseas Minister.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Norwegian authorities mentioned that Norway will formally acknowledge the State of Palestine, and the official recognition will enter into pressure on Might 28. On the identical day, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris introduced that his nation would formally acknowledge the State of Palestine, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez additionally mentioned that his nation’s authorities would formally acknowledge the Palestinian State subsequent Tuesday, Might 28.
Thus far, the State of Palestine has been acknowledged by 9 member states of the European Union, whereas 8 different international locations took this step in 1988, earlier than becoming a member of the European Union (Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia), and Sweden took the identical resolution in 2014.
Supply: Novosti
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2024-05-25 05:08:42