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Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Thursday praised plans of Canada and Malta to recognize a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly meetings in September, urging other countries to follow suit, Anadolu reports.

A Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said Riyadh welcomed the declarations by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela, describing them as “positive steps that strengthen the path toward a two-state solution and reflect…

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Syria’s foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani in Moscow on Thursday, the first visit by a top official from Syria’s new government since the toppling of longtime Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in December.

Lavrov said Moscow would like Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa to attend a summit between Russia and Arab League member states in Moscow in October.

“Of course, we hope that President al-Sharaa will…

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said Thursday he is prepared to approve the recognition of Palestine if the government submits an official proposal, Anadolu reports.

Under Finland’s Constitution, the president decides on the recognition of states based on the government’s proposal. Stubb told the Finnish news agency STT that the matter has reached a point where Finland must make a choice.

“We have been discussing this difficult question since the…

Spain will dispatch an urgent humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza to help feed 11,000 people, the country’s foreign minister said Thursday, condemning what he called “the famine induced by Israel” and demanding the immediate and neutral delivery of aid through land crossings, Anadolu reports.

The 12-ton shipment, organized by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, will depart from Zaragoza Air Base and be delivered on Friday by a…