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Spain: in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state 'in very near term'

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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 

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."

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