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Canada “intends” to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, a dramatic policy shift he said was necessary to preserve hopes of a two-state solution.
“Canada intends to recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025,” Carney said.
With Thursday’s announcement, Carney positioned Canada alongside France and the United Kingdom.
Carney said his decision was informed by Canada’s “long-standing” belief in a two-state solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“That possibility of a two-state solution is being eroded before our eyes,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa.
He referenced Israel’s “ongoing failure” to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, as well as the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
“For decades, it was hoped that [a two-state solution] would be achieved as part of a peace process built around a negotiated settlement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority.
“Regrettably, this approach is no longer tenable.”
This is a developing story and this article will be updated.
