Portugal Announces That It Will Recognize A Palestinian State
Portugal will recognize a Palestinian state on Sunday, country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Friday.
According to the statement, the official recognition will take place before a high-level conference next week.
In August, Reuters reported an announcement by Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, who said that his government “decided to promote consultations with the president and the political parties represented in parliament with a view to consider the recognition of the Palestinian state in a process that could be concluded … at the UN General Assembly in September.”
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