Desk Report: Portugal has announced its recognition of the state of Palestine, following Australia, Canada, France and the UK. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry announced this in a statement on Friday. It said that the formal announcement in this regard will be made before next week’s high-level conference. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the recognition will be made on Sunday, September 21. A day later, a high-level conference on the state of Palestine will begin at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A report in Portugal’s Correo da…
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