France: Conditions to recognize Palestinian state have not yet been met

By Reuters 22 May 2024, 2:27 pm

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France's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Stephane Sejourne leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 21, 2024. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

The conditions to officially recognize a Palestinian state have not yet been met, France’s foreign minister says, after a group of three other European states announced such a move in the hope that this will help bring peace to the region.

“This is not just a symbolic issue or a question of political positioning, but a diplomatic tool in the service of the solution of two States living side by side in peace and security,” Stephane Sejourne says in a statement, adding:

“France does not consider that the conditions have yet been met for this decision to have a real impact on this process.”