PA minister: French recognition of Palestinian statehood ‘would be step in the right direction’

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian Authority minister says French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that Paris could recognize a Palestinian state by June would be “a step in the right direction.”

France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood “would be a step in the right direction in line with safeguarding the rights of the Palestinian people and the two-state solution,” Palestinian Authority minister of state for foreign affairs Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells AFP.

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