US has ‘no plans’ to recognise Palestinian state, Vance says on UK trip

The US vice president reaffirms Washington’s stance arsenic calls for designation of a Palestinian authorities summation momentum.

United States Vice President JD Vance says his state whitethorn disagree with the United Kingdom astir however to code the situation successful Gaza, but they stock a communal extremity successful resolving it.

Vance made the comments connected Friday arsenic helium met British Foreign Secretary David Lammy successful confederate England. Last week, the UK declared its volition to recognise a Palestinian state on with France and Canada, successful a bid to enactment unit connected Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu implicit the humanitarian situation successful Gaza.

On Friday, Vance said the US had “no plans” to bash the same.

Asked by reporters astir the UK’s stance, Vance said some countries aimed to resoluteness the situation successful the Middle East but “may person immoderate disagreements astir however precisely to execute that goal”.

“I don’t cognize what it would mean to truly recognise a Palestinian state, fixed the deficiency of functional authorities there,” helium said.

“Our goals are precise clear. We privation to marque it truthful that Hamas can’t onslaught guiltless people. We privation to lick humanitarian problems successful Gaza.”

Asked whether President Donald Trump had been fixed a heads-up connected Israel’s announced intent to occupy Gaza City, Vance said helium would not spell into specified conversations. “If it was casual to bring bid to that portion of the world, it would person been done already,” helium said.

He added that helium expected Trump to “talk astatine immoderate constituent to the media astir his response” to Israel’s plan.

Old criticisms

Vance and Lammy besides discussed the warfare successful Ukraine earlier a imaginable acme adjacent week betwixt Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Vance, who has antecedently criticised the UK and its governing Labour Party, landed with his wife, Usha, and their 3 children successful London earlier heading to Chevening, the ample state residence utilized by the British overseas curate successful Kent.

Vance has championed Trump’s America First overseas argumentation and erstwhile said past year’s predetermination triumph for Lammy’s centre-left Labour meant the UK was “maybe” the archetypal “truly Islamist” state with a atomic weapon.

Lammy erstwhile called Trump a “far-right extremist” and a “neo-Nazi”, but since coming to powerfulness has brushed disconnected his remarks arsenic “old news”.

Vance’s travel volition see respective authoritative engagements, meetings and visits to taste sites and a apt gathering with US troops, a root acquainted with the readying told the Reuters quality agency.

Vance is owed to enactment astatine Chevening passim the weekend, according to the UK’s overseas ministry. His household volition past walk immoderate clip successful the Cotswolds portion successful occidental England, UK media reported.

Reports person besides said Vance volition sojourn Scotland, wherever Trump spent 5 days astatine his play resorts past month. Trump is besides scheduled for a historical 2nd authorities sojourn to the UK adjacent month.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies