New Zealand Considering Recognition Of Palestinian State, Says Foreign Minister
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's cabinet would make a formal decision in September and present the government's approach at the UN Leaders' Week, he said.
Several countries, including Australia, Britain, and Canada, have announced in recent weeks that they will recognise a Palestinian state at September's UN General Assembly.
Peters said that while some of New Zealand's close partners had opted to recognise a Palestinian state, New Zealand had an independent foreign policy.
"We intend to weigh up the issue carefully and then act according to New Zealand's principles, values and national interest," Peters said in a statement.
The government needed to weigh up whether sufficient progress was being made towards the Palestinian territories becoming a viable and legitimate state for New Zealand to grant recognition.
'New Zealand has been clear for some time that our recognition of a Palestinian state is a matter of when, not if," Peters added.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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