The Prime Minister of Italy, opposition to the recognition of the Palestine state by France. “It could be counterproductive”
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, said on Saturday that the recognition of the state of Palestine before its establishment could be counterproductive, Reuters reports.
Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy Photo: Profimedia
“I am very in favor of the state of Palestine, but they are not in favor of its recognition before its establishment,” he told meloni for the Italian daily at Repubblica.
“If something that does not exist is recognized on paper, the problem might seem solved, when it is not actually.” added Meloni, writes Agerpres.
France's decision to recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly of the United Nations was condemned by Israel and the United States, against the background of the Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.
On Friday, the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that the recognition of a Palestinian state must take place simultaneously with the recognition of Israel by the new Palestinian entity.
A spokesman for the German government said on Friday that Berlin does not intend to recognize, in the short term, a Palestinian state and said that its priority is now to do “long -awaited progress” to a solution with two states.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced on Thursday that France will officially recognize the state of Palestine, during the General Assembly session of the United Nations, which will take place in September in New York.
The United States has rejected the plan of French President Emmanuel Macron to recognize a Palestinian state, considering that this is an “reckless” decision that harms peace.
And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed France to join Spain and other European countries to recognize a Palestine state, saying that this approach will help to “protect” a solution of two states in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, AFP reports. “Together, we must protect what (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu tries to destroy. The solution of two states is the only way,” He wrote on the X Platform the Socialist Prime Minister, a firm critic of the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
To date, at least 142 states have recognized a Palestinian state, according to an AFP balance sheet.
