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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot reiterated on Friday the country’s determination to recognize the state of Palestine, Anadolu reports. France would “uphold the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination by recognizing the State of Palestine,” Barrot said during his speech at the civil society event, “Paris Call for the Two-State Solution, Peace and Regional Security,” hosted by the Paris Peace Forum. “I say it again here: whatever the recent developments in the region, France is determined to do so.” Barrot warned that it is time to bring a political solution to the Palestinians and that they will focus on it during the upcoming UN-backed conference on the two-state solution, co-organized by France and Saudi Arabia in New York later […]
