Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
The Republic of Yemen, on Wednesday, welcomed the announcement by Spain, Norway, and Ireland to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
“This recognition is a crucial step towards achieving the aspirations of the Palestinian people and supporting efforts aimed at achieving peace, security, and stability in the region,” the Yemeni Foreign Ministry affirmed in a statement received by the official Yemeni news agency, Saba.
The ministry reiterated the Republic of Yemen’s firm and supportive stance towards the Palestinian people and their legitimate aspirations to establish their independent state with East Quds as its capital.
On Wednesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storeh announced that his country would recognize the State of Palestine as of May 28. His Spanish and Irish counterparts, Pedro Sánchez and Simon Harris, followed suit.
With the recognition of the three European countries, the number of countries that have recognized the State of Palestine has risen to 147 out of 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly.
“Israel” and its ally, the United States, reject unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine by other countries, and oppose Palestinian efforts to obtain full membership in the United Nations, instead of the non-member observer status it has held since 2012.
Last April, Washington used its VETO power in the UN Security Council against a draft resolution recommending that the UN accept the State of Palestine as a member.
The recognition of the State of Palestine by Norway, Spain, and Ireland comes at a time when the Israeli occupation army has been waging a war on Gaza since October 7, which has left more than 115,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, most of them children and women.
