“This decision must be useful, i.e. allow a decisive progress in the political field”
The recognition< strong> Palestinian state is not taboo for France, but Paris considers that the conditions today are not suitable for this decision to have a real impact on the process aimed at the solution of the two states, the French Foreign Minister said on Wednesday 22/5 to the French Agency (AFP).
“This decision must be useful, i.e. allow a decisive progress in the political field”, Stéphane Cezournet underlined in a written statement. “In that perspective, it should happen at the right time to have a before and an after,” he added.
Stéphane Cezournet, who received his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz in Paris this morning, believes that “it is not just a symbolic issue or a matter of political positioning, but a diplomatic tool in the service of the two-state solution which will live side by side and in safety“.
In the midst of the warin Gaza between the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel, Spain, Ireland and Norway today announced their concerted decision torecognize a Palestinian statein the hope that other countries will follow suit.
Israel immediately responded by announcing the recall “for consultations of its ambassadors in Ireland and Norway”
Hamas instead called the recognition an “important step” towards the validation of the “Palestinian right to the land and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital ».
Recognition by Norway, Spain and Ireland is expected to take place on May 28.
