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Portugal 'considering' recognition of Palestinian state in September [1]

['Le Monde With Afp']

Date: 2025-07-31

Portugal's Foreign Affairs Minister Paulo Rangel speaks to a UN conference on the two-state solution in New York City, US, July 29, 2025. EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS

Portugal will consider whether to recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's office said Thursday, July 31. Portugal "is considering recognition of the Palestinian state, as part of a procedure that could be concluded during the high-level week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, to be held in New York in September," the statement said.

This decision was made after "multiple contacts" with partners, given "the extremely worrying developments in the conflict, both from a humanitarian perspective and through repeated references to a possible annexation of Palestinian territories" by Israel, the statement said.

France, the United Kingdom and Canada have all in recent days voiced, in some cases qualified, intentions to diplomatically recognize a Palestinian state. The moves have come as international concern and criticism has grown over worrying malnutrition in Gaza.

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country would officially recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, hoping to create collective momentum in this direction.

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"The government took a very carefully considered decision in consultation with its European and other partners," Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa responded immediately after the executive's announcement.

A UN-backed international hunger monitoring organization on Tuesday that a "worst-case famine scenario" was underway in Gaza.

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