"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that Portugal will recognise the State of Palestine, the ministry wrote in a statement on its website. The Official Declaration of Recognition will take place on Sunday, September 21st, before next week's High-Level Conference, the statement added. According to Portugal's Correio da Manha newspaper, the country's centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro consulted with the president and parliament before finalising the decision. It marked the end of nearly 15 years of debate in the Western European country's parliament, Correio da Manha reported, after the proposal was first put forward by the country's Left Bloc political party in 2011."
"Portugal's announcement comes days after a landmark UN inquiry found that Israel's war on Gaza amounts to a genocide. At least 65,141 people have been killed and 165,925 wounded since Israel's onslaught began in October 2023. Many thousands more are believed to be buried under the rubble. The Portuguese government first announced its intentions on recognising Palestine as a state in July, citing extremely worrying evolution of the conflict, as well as the humanitarian crisis and Israel's repeated threats to annex Palestinian land."
Portugal will formally recognise the State of Palestine on Sunday, September 21, ahead of a high-level UN General Assembly conference on Palestinian statehood. The decision follows consultations by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro with the president and parliament and concludes almost 15 years of parliamentary debate since an initial 2011 proposal. Portugal cited the deteriorating conflict, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and concerns over potential annexation as reasons for recognition. The announcement comes after a UN inquiry described Israel's war in Gaza as amounting to genocide, and after reports of at least 65,141 killed and 165,925 wounded since October 2023.
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