Palestine on Thursday welcomed France’s plan to acknowledge a Palestinian state in June.
A Foreign Ministry assertion referred to as the French plan “a step in the right direction to protect the two-state solution and achieve peace.”
French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned on Wednesday that Paris is planning to acknowledge a Palestinian state and will achieve this as early as June.
“We must move toward recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,” Macron advised France 5 tv. “I’m not doing it for unity, or to please this or that person. I’m doing it because at some point it will be fair.”
France plans to co-host with Saudi Arabia a global convention for a two-state resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli battle.
The Foreign Ministry referred to as on international locations that haven’t acknowledged a Palestinian state to take action and help efforts for full Palestinian membership within the UN.
Currently, 147 of the 193 UN member states acknowledge the state of Palestine.
More than 50,800 Palestinians have been killed in a brutal Israeli onslaught in Gaza since October 2023, most of them ladies and kids.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants final November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its battle on the enclave.
Source: www.anews.com.tr