Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has said he is ready to approve a recognition of a Palestinian state if the government moves forward with such a proposal, APA reports citing Al Arabiya.
Many countries, including France and Canada, have pledged to recognize a Palestinian state alongside the 80th UN General Assembly in September.
“The decisions by France, the United Kingdom and Canada reinforce the trend towards recognizing Palestine as part of efforts to breathe new life into the peace process,” Stubb said in a post to X Thursday.
“If I receive a proposal to recognize the Palestinian state, I am prepared to approve it,” Stubb said, deploring an “inhumane” situation in Gaza.
He said he understood that Finns had “different opinions on the recognition of Palestine, and that there is also concern,” calling for an “open” and “honest” debate.
The far-right Finns Party and the Christian Democrats oppose recognizing a Palestinian state.
Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Friday reiterated Helsinki’s support for a two-state solution, without specifying whether the government was ready to recognize a Palestinian state.
Discussions on foreign policy and the Middle East with the president would continue up to the UN conference at the end of September, he said.
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