Canada also recognizes Palestine – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

“We decided to recognize the Palestinian state in the coming period of the UN General Assembly, which is due to be held next September,” Mehr News Agency quoted Al -Jazeera as saying.

The Canadian prime minister said the Canadian decision is conditional on the fact that the Palestinian Authority is committed to the necessary reforms.

With this move, Canada is beside France, Britain, Spain and Malta who have been determined to recognize Palestine.

Numerous countries, some of whom are European, at the end of a conference on Palestine chaired France and Saudi Arabia in New York, announced their readiness to recognize the Palestinian state at the next meeting of the UN General Assembly, which is scheduled to take place next September.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the world called for other countries that have not yet recognized Palestine.

Among these countries, along with Canada, 5 countries including Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Portugal, Andorra, Malta, Sun Marino And Luxembourg for the first time declared their intention to recognize the Palestinian state, and other countries such as Iceland, Ireland and Spain, which had previously recognized Palestine, emphasized the continuation of this path.

Robert Abla In a separate statement, the Prime Minister Malta announced that his country would officially declare Palestine recognition.

Previously, France and Britain had also expressed their desire to get to know the Palestinian state.