Palestine expects that the subsequent EU nations to acknowledge will probably be Slovenia and Belgium, with a call in Slovenia anticipated within the first half of subsequent month. As Armenpress stories, this was acknowledged by RIA Novosti Palestinian Ambassador to Austria and Everlasting Observer to the United Nations in Vienna Salah Abdel Shafi.
“I believe it’s virtually sure that Slovenia,” mentioned the diplomat, answering the query of which different European states may acknowledge Palestine as a state.
He defined that the Slovenian authorities formally determined to acknowledge Palestine as a state greater than every week in the past. “However the process in Slovenia is such that parliament should make this choice. However it is a formality. As a result of all authorities events got here out for recognition. And authorities events have a majority of votes in parliament, and on this regard, we anticipate recognition (of Palestine) to comply with by mid-June ) and from Slovenia,” the diplomat mentioned.
“We additionally anticipate that Belgium may also acknowledge Palestine as a state. As a result of Belgium has already made it clear that it views recognition positively,” he added.
Notice that the Norwegian authorities introduced on Wednesday that Norway would acknowledge Palestine as a state. Official recognition will take impact on Could 28. On the identical day, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris introduced that the nation would acknowledge Palestine as a state. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in flip, mentioned that the nation’s authorities will formally acknowledge the Palestinian state subsequent Tuesday, Could 28.
Till now, Palestine was acknowledged by 9 EU member states. Eight nations – Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – took this step in 1988, earlier than becoming a member of the EU, and Sweden in 2014.
