Egypt welcomes decision of Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize State of Palestine

CAIRO - 22 May 2024: The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a Statetment Wednesday saying that Egypt welcomes the decision taken by Norway, Ireland, and Spain to officially recognize the State of Palestine, in an appreciated step that supports international efforts aimed at creating a political horizon that leads to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

 

Egypt called on countries that have not yet taken this step to move forward towards recognizing the State of Palestine, in order to uphold the values of justice and fairness; to support the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people who have suffered from the Israeli occupation for more than seven decades, and to enable them to establish their independent state.

 

Egypt further renewed its call to the Security Council and the influential international parties for the need to intervene immediately to preserve the rights of the Palestinian people in this delicate circumstance that the Palestinian issue is going through, to deal with the required responsibility with the dangerous humanitarian conditions witnessed by the Gaza Strip, and to stop the Israeli military attacks in the strip, especially in the Palestinian city of Rafah.