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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Norway says ready to recognise a Palestinian state

Middle East

AFP
12 April, 2024, 10:00 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2024, 10:02 pm

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Norway says ready to recognise a Palestinian state

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters that such a decision would need to be taken in close coordination with "like-minded countries".

AFP
12 April, 2024, 10:00 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2024, 10:02 pm
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (not pictured) attend a meeting at the Sager House (Sagerska Huset) in Stockholm, Sweden August 28, 2022.Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (not pictured) attend a meeting at the Sager House (Sagerska Huset) in Stockholm, Sweden August 28, 2022.Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

Norway is ready to recognise a Palestinian state together with other countries, its prime minister said on Friday while hosting Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, who is seeking support for the cause.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters that such a decision would need to be taken in close coordination with "like-minded countries".

"Norway stands ready to recognise the state of Palestine," Store told a joint press conference with Sanchez.

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"We have not set a firm timetable," Store added.

In November, Norway's parliament adopted a government proposal for the country to be prepared to recognise an independent Palestinian state.

Norway also hosted Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the beginning of the 1990s, which led to the Oslo Accords.

Sanchez is currently on a tour of Poland, Norway and Ireland this week to drum up support for the recognition of a Palestinian state, according to a Spanish government spokesperson.

Speaking alongside Store, Sanchez said Spain was "committed to recognising Palestine as a state, as soon as possible, when the conditions are appropriate, and in a way that can have the most positive impact to the peace process."

On March 22, Spain issued a statement with Ireland, Malta and Slovenia on the sidelines of an EU leaders summit, saying they were "ready to recognise Palestine" in a move that would happen when "the circumstances are right".

Last week, Sanchez told reporters travelling with him on his Middle East tour that he hoped it would happen by the end of June.

Store on Friday said that he welcomed Sanchez's initiative to consult among countries to "strengthen coordination".

"We will intensify that coordination in the weeks to come," Store said.

The Spanish leader has repeatedly angered Israel with his outspoken comments since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The war in the Gaza Strip erupted after Hamas's unprecedented attack on southern Israel that resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 33,634 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

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