On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told journalists accompanying him on an official trip to the Middle East that Spain planned to formally recognise the State of Palestine “before the summer.”
The leaders of Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Malta recently issued a joint statement announcing that they would recognise a Palestinian state.
According to the statement, the leaders agreed that “the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the region is through the implementation of a two-state solution, with Israeli and Palestinian States living side-by-side in peace and security.”
On 9 March, Sánchez announced that he would propose to the Spanish parliament to recognise Palestine as a state.
