MADRID, (PIC)
Spain’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares has affirmed anew that his country will officially recognize the Palestinian state next Tuesday, May 28.
“To secure peace, Spain, along with other like-minded countries, advocates the two-state solution. To make that solution irreversible is to make peace in the region irreversible. Moreover, there is a way to achieve this: to recognize Palestine as a State and a member of the United Nations,” Albares said in remarks on Sunday.
Yesterday, the Spanish foreign minister called the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures, including the cessation of Israel’s attacks in Rafah, “mandatory,” calling on Israel to respect them.
The minister stressed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.
Ireland and Norway also declared this week they would recognize the Palestinian state on May 28. The State of Palestine is recognized by 143 countries around the world. Norway, Spain and Ireland will join that list.
Palestine is already recognized by eight European countries: Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden, and the Greek Cypriot administration.
