French President Emmanuel Macron in Arich, northeastern Egypt, about 55 kilometers west of the border with the Gaza Strip, April 8, 2025. (Credit: Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP)
Macron announced on Wednesday that France could recognize a Palestinian state “in June” at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia in New York.
“We must move towards recognition, and so in the coming months we will,” he said in an interview with the France 5 television channel broadcast on Wednesday. “Our objective is somewhere in June, with Saudi Arabia, to chair this conference [on Palestine] where we could finalize this movement of reciprocal recognition by several countries,” he added.
Macron announced on Wednesday that France could recognize a Palestinian state “in June” at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia in New York.
“We must move towards recognition, and so in the coming months we will,” he said in an interview with the France 5 television channel broadcast on Wednesday. “Our objective is somewhere in June, with Saudi Arabia, to chair this conference [on Palestine] where we could finalize this movement of reciprocal recognition by several countries,” he added.
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