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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday at a UN conference on the Palestinian issue that his country will recognize the State of Palestine, joining most other UN member states that have already done so.
"Today I declare that France recognizes the State of Palestine," Emmanuel Macron said at the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of a Two-State Solution. The conference is being co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
"The time has come. We can't wait any longer," he said, adding that "we want two states to live side by side in peace and security."
Including France, more than 150 countries have already announced their recognition of the State of Palestine.
On Sunday, Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal formally recognized the State of Palestine to further the "two-state solution" as Israel continued its offensive and annexation of the Gaza Strip despite growing international condemnation.
“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has remained unresolved for generations,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his address at a meeting held on the opening day of the high-level week of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
"The dialogue has reached a dead end. Resolutions are being ignored. International law is being violated," he said.
The situation is unbearable and is worsening by the hour, the UN chief said.
“We are gathered here today to help find the only way out of this nightmare: the principle of ‘two states for two peoples’, in which two independent, sovereign, democratic States – Israel and Palestine – live side by side in peace and security within their secure and recognized borders, based on the pre-1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States – in accordance with international law, UN resolutions and other relevant agreements,” said A. Guterres. –0–
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