Britain to consider recognising Palestinian state with allies

British Foreign Minister David Cameron said that the United Kingdom together with allies will consider the option of recognising a Palestinian state.


According to David Cameron, Britain and its allies will soon discuss the possibility of recognising the state of Palestine. He emphasised that the consideration will take place within the framework of diplomatic efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the creation of two states.

According to the British foreign minister, the Palestinians must make “irreversible progress towards a two-state solution and, crucially, the creation of a Palestinian state.”

“We have a responsibility because we have to begin to define what a Palestinian state will look like, what it will include, how it will work,” Cameron said, his words quoted by the Financial Times.

Cameron said London and the allies would consider together recognising a Palestinian state, particularly at the UN.

“This could be one of the factors that will help to make this process irreversible”, – he specified.

We will remind, earlier Turkey said that it will not let through the straits of the Black sea minesweepers, which Ukraine received from the UK. She specified that according to the 1936 Montreux Convention, warships are prohibited from passing through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits during military conflicts.