Spain will recognise Palestinian statehood by July, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez informed journalists throughout a Middle East tour, based on a number of reviews printed on Tuesday in Spanish media.
State news company EFE and newspapers El Pais and La Vanguardia cited Sanchez as making the casual remarks to the travelling press corps late on Monday within the Jordanian capital, Amman, on the primary day of visits to Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
According to the reviews, Sanchez mentioned he anticipated occasions to unfold within the battle forward of the European Parliament elections in early June and highlighted ongoing debates on the United Nations.
He anticipated Spain to increase recognition to the Palestinians by July, he mentioned, including that he believed there would quickly be a “critical mass” inside the European Union to push a number of member states to undertake the identical place, based on EFE.
At a European Council assembly on March 22, Sanchez mentioned he had agreed with the leaders of Ireland, Malta and Slovenia to “take the first steps” in direction of recognising statehood declared by Palestinians within the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
At the time, he mentioned he anticipated the recognition to occur in the course of the present four-year legislature that started final 12 months.
In response, Israel informed the 4 international locations that their plan constituted a “prize for terrorism” that would scale back the probabilities of a negotiated decision to the Gaza battle.
Arab states and the EU had agreed at a gathering in Spain in November {that a} two-state resolution was the reply to the Palestinian-Israeli battle.
Since 1988, 139 out of 193 U.N. member states have recognised Palestinian statehood.
Source: www.anews.com.tr