Baku. Zumrud Pashayeva – APA. French Socialist lawmakers are preparing to submit a motion to parliament asking the government to recognize Palestine as a state, sources said Tuesday.
"The (lower house National) Assembly asks the French government to use recognition of the state of Palestine as an instrument to obtain a final settlement of the conflict," reads the provisional motion seen by AFP, APA reports citing i24.news.tv.
A meeting on the lawmakers' proposal is due Wednesday with Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Socialist senators who are also planning a similar initiative.
The initiative will be put up for discussion at the French Parliament in the near future.