French President Emmanuel Macron said he will formally recognize the State of Palestine on Monday in New York, a move he described as part of a broader peace plan for the Middle East, APA reports.
Macron said the decision aims to meet the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and peace. He added that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to implement reforms to renew Palestinian governance and prepare for statehood.
"France will continue to stand alongside the Palestinian authorities on this path,” Macron said, underlining the urgency of stabilizing the region.
"We have to recognize the legitimate right of Palestinian people to have a state," Macron said in an interview broadcast Thursday on Israeli television Channel 12. "If you don't give a political perspective, in fact you just put them in the hands of those who are just proposing a security approach, an aggressive approach."
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