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Among the G20, nine countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey, as well as permanent invitee Spain) have recognized Palestine as a state, [note 1] while ten countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States) have not.
In countries that do not formally recognize the State of Palestine – such as Australia, Canada, and most of Western Europe –, the Palestinian National Authority is represented by a diplomatic mission referred to as a delegation or representation office, instead of an embassy.
The foreign relations of the State of Palestine have been conducted since the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. [1] Since the Oslo Accords, it seeks to obtain universal recognition for the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
But on Wednesday, three European countries—Ireland, Norway, and Spain—announced their decision to officially recognize a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The decision is set to go into ...
Today, when Norway officially recognizes Palestine as a state, is a milestone in the relationship between Norway and Palestine.” While around 140 countries have recognized a Palestinian state ...
Spain, Ireland and other European Union member countries plan to recognise a Palestinian state on May 21, the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said late on Thursday ahead of an expected U ...
On 20 November 2014, the Spanish parliament approved a non-binding motion to recognize Palestine by a vote of 319–2. [ 11 ] According to a Reuters report in 2020, Spain quietly supported normalizing ties with Palestine as part of a larger bloc of friendlier EU countries, but has not publicly stated so.
Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive Monday, the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain, with Madrid insisting that ...