Urgent.. Spain: We are ready to recognize the Palestinian state for the benefit of Europe

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reiterated that his country is ready to recognize a Palestinian state.

Sanchez said in a speech before the Spanish House of Representatives, today, Wednesday, that " The international community cannot help the Palestinian state unless it recognizes its existence.

He added that such recognition falls within the framework of “Europe’s geopolitical interest.” Spain is “ready to recognize a Palestinian state” Without specifying a date for that. Sanchez said in statements he made to journalists who accompanied him recently during a tour in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, that Spain intends to do this by the end of June.

In a related context, Sanchez stressed that Israel’s response is “completely disproportionate.” ; In the Gaza Strip, “it undermines decades of international humanitarian law and threatens to destabilize the Middle East and thus the entire world.”

Last month, the leaders of Spain, Ireland, Slovakia and Malta expressed in a joint statement Their willingness to recognize a Palestinian state.