Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvarez said that his country is in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state "in the very near term."
Jose Manuel Alvarez
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvarez said that his country is in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state "in the very near term."
He added that Spain is ready to hold a peace conference on the issue, and claimed: "The existence of a Palestinian state will be the best guarantee for peace in the Middle East."
Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Islamist-led Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military action in the name of Syria's Druze minority.
The United States is pushing for a landmark peace accord between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to be signed at the White House in the coming months, alongside major mineral investment deals worth billions of dollars.
Iran accused the United States on Thursday of "contradictory behaviour and provocative statements" after Washington warned Tehran of consequences for backing Yemen's Houthis and imposed new oil-related sanctions on it in the midst of nuclear talks.
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