French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that his country would recognize the Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, hoping that the decision would contribute to peace in the Middle East.

Macron made the announcement via a post on the X platform (formerly Twitter), releasing the letter he sent to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In the letter, it confirms France’s intention to recognize the Palestinian state, making the first great western power to move on to such an action.

The Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez and the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed their satisfaction and greeted Macron’s announcement for recognition of a Palestinian state

Sanchez: Together to protect what Netanyahu tries to destroy

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed yesterday the decision of the French President Emmanuel Macron To unite with his own and other European governments and recognize a Palestinian state, stressing that this will help to “protect” the solution of the two states in the Israeli -Palestinian conflict.

“Together, we must protect what (Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin) Netanyahu tries to destroy. The solution of the two states is the only solution »commented via X the Socialist Prime Minister, a strong critic of the way in which the Israeli government waged the war in the Gaza Strip.

Satisfaction of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomes the announcement of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, about his country’s intention to recognize the state of Palestine.

Specifically, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia praised the ‘Historical’ French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state by urging more countries to receive “Similar positive measures”.

“The Kingdom applauds this historical decision, which reaffirms the consensus of the international community on the right of the Palestinian people to self -determination and the establishment of an independent state at the 1967 border”, He reported the Foreign Ministry to Riyadh in a press release.