Portugal to recognise state of Palestine ‘as early as September,’ premier’s office tells media – Middle East Monitor

Portugal plans to recognise the state of Palestine “as early as September,” local media reported Thursday, citing sources in the prime minister’s office, Anadolu reports.

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s office said that if the conditions “presented and largely validated by the states present” at the UN conference are met, Portugal could recognise the Palestinian state “as early as September, at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations”…