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Sweden to become first EU country to officially recognize State of Palestine
A Palestinian flag and a Hamas flag (R) flutter atop the wreckage of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed during the seven-week Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City September 3, 2014. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
Sweden’s newly-formed center-left government is set to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. If Stockholm proceeds with the move it will be the first EU-member to officially endorse Palestinian statehood.
“The conflict between Israel can only be solved with a two-state solution, negotiated in accordance with international law,” Lofven said in the parliament as he made his first speech as PM on Friday.
The Social democrat leader added that the “two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to peaceful co-existence.”
“Sweden will therefore recognize the state of Palestine,” he concluded.
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