French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized
Paris -Aab countries will condemn Hamas for the first time and ask for disarmed at the United Nations Minister of the United Nations in New York at the beginning of next week, in a statement on Saturday, the French Foreign Minister is a move to encourage more European countries to recognize Palestinian state.
In a special interview with French Weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot said that the movement was a long-time planned attempt between France and Saudi Arabia.
“The Arab countries will condemn and ask for disarmament of the Arab countries, which will seal the definitive isolation. European countries will confirm their intention to recognize the Palestinian province. Half of the European countries did this, others think.”
Barrot, “British Prime Minister said intention to do this. Germany is thinking of this at a later stage. On September 21 to reach a more ambitious and challenging process to mobilize other countries to join us will start an objection in New York.”
On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would officially recognize Palestinian province from the United States and Israel at the UN General Assembly of France on September 21st.
On Saturday, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said inefficient to get to know a Palestinian state before it was founded.
On Friday, a German government spokesman said he did not plan to recognize a Palestinian state in the short term.
In the United Nations event on Monday and Tuesday, France and Saudi Arabia plans to organize a post -war map that leads to a two -state solution that will be compatible with the Ibrahim agreements negotiated by US President Trump.
In the coming weeks, the French Minister added that the European Commission will take a harder stance on Israel and that any new settlement project in the West Bank will be built and that the distribution of humanitarian aid will end the militarized policing.
Barrot also called for European countries to demand the abolition of the financial blockade on the Palestinian authority, thus taking 2 billion euros.
(Reporting by America Hernandez in Paris; Editing by David Gregorio)
