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Portugal to consider recognising Palestinian state at September UN meeting

31 July 2025 21:31 (UTC +04:00)

Portugal says it is considering recognising a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, APA reports citing BBC.

If Portugal does decide to recognise the State of Palestine, it would align itself with France, who said they would recognise a Palestinian state in September. And the UK and Canada, who said the same, subject to certain conditions.

In a statement the Portuguese prime minister's office says it will now consider joining some of its European colleagues, after attending a separate UN conference with other countries in the last few days on the conditions required to recognise the state of Palestine.

Portugal's government says it will now consult the country’s president "with a view to considering the recognition of the Palestinian State, in a procedure that can be concluded during the High-Level Week of the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations, to be held in New York next September".