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Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state ‘not a taboo’ for France

By AFP 16 February 2024, 3:21 pm 18 Edit
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to welcome King Abdullah II of Jordan before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to welcome King Abdullah II of Jordan before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

President Emmanuel Macron says that France is not opposed to recognizing a Palestinian state.

“The recognition of a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France,” he says, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a plan for international recognition of such a state, following reports of the move in The Washington Post.

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