PARIS (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement has welcomed French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize Palestine as a state by next June, describing it as an “important step.”
“We welcome the remarks made by French president Emmanuel Macron regarding his country’s readiness to recognize the State of Palestine,” Hamas official Mahmud Mardawi told the French news agency AFP on Thursday.
Mardawi called the announcement “an important step that, if implemented, would constitute a positive shift in the international position towards the legitimate national rights of our Palestinian people.”
“France, as a politically influential country and a permanent member of the Security Council, has the ability to shape the path towards fair solutions, push for an end to the [Israeli] occupation, and support the Palestinian people’s aspirations,” the Hamas official said.
On Wednesday, Macron said France plans to recognize a Palestinian state within months and could make such a move at a UN conference in New York in June.
“We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,” Macron, who this week visited Egypt, told France 5 television.
