Belgium to recognise Palestine at UN General Assembly: Foreign minister

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Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said his state would besides enforce 12 ‘firm sanctions’ connected Israel.

Belgium volition recognise the State of Palestine astatine the United Nations General Assembly successful September, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has announced.

“Palestine volition beryllium recognised by Belgium astatine the UN session! And steadfast sanctions volition beryllium imposed against the Israeli government,” the Belgian overseas curate wrote connected the X societal media level aboriginal connected Tuesday.

Prevot said Belgium would besides enforce 12 “firm sanctions” connected Israel “including a prohibition connected importing products from the settlements” and “a reappraisal of nationalist procurement policies with Israeli companies”.

He added that the announcement was made “in airy of the humanitarian calamity unfolding successful Palestine, peculiarly successful Gaza.”

At the extremity of July, President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognise the State of Palestine astatine the UN General Assembly, which volition beryllium held from September 9 to 23 successful New York.

Following this, respective different countries person announced that they volition bash the same, though immoderate person said they mean to spot conditions connected their recognition.

Some 147 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members, already recognised Palestinian statehood arsenic of April this year.

Belgium’s announcement comes arsenic Israel’s warfare connected Gaza has killed astatine slightest 63,459 radical and wounded 160,256 more.

In July, Belgian prosecutors referred a warfare crimes ailment against 2 Israeli soldiers to the International Criminal Court (ICC), pursuing allegations that they participated successful atrocities successful Gaza.

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