FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has recognised Palestine during UN speech matching Sir Keir Starmer’s move just a day later.
Macron has joined a growing number of countries to recognise the state at the just one day after .
President Emmanuel Macron spoke at the United Nations Summit on Palestinians
France and other countries prepared to recognize a Palestinian state as the UN’s center piece diplomatic week got underway
France recognized the Palestinian state as it hosted a United Nations world summit in New York on Monday, nearly two years after the war in Gaza began.
The European nation has joined Britain, Canada, Portugal and Australia, who all made the same historic move on Sunday and were rebuked by Israel.
“We must do everything within our power to preserve the very possibility of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security,” Macron said at the beginning of a planned three-hour session at the UN.
“The recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people takes nothing away from the rights of the people of Israel,” he said.
His speech drew a lengthy applause from the audience.
Macron outlined a framework for a “renewed Palestinian Authority” under which France would open an embassy subject to factors such as reforms, a ceasefire and the release of all remaining hostages taken from Israel and held by Hamas in Gaza.
The move was described as “historic and bold” by the Palestinian foreign ministry, who welcomed the decision.
