The German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz He said today, Tuesday (26/8/2025), that Germany will not participate in the Western Allies’ initiative to recognize it Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly next month.
Friedrich Mertz made these statements at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mike Carney, who said last month that Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly, following similar announcements by France.
Mertz even said that “the position of the federal government is clear in the recognition of a Palestinian state”.
“Canada knows this. We will not join this initiative. We do not think that the terms for state recognition have been fulfilled in any way at present,” he added.
Germany thinks that recognizing Palestinian state will must be one of the final steps In a solution of two states on which the Israelis and the Palestinians will be able to live peacefully by the other.
On the contrary, the Canadian, Mike Carneyhe announced in late July that his country would recognize Palestine as a state at the UN General Assembly in September.
The French President Emmanuel Macron It also plans to do so, while Britain threatened Israel to recognize a Palestinian state if certain conditions are not fulfilled.
Carney explained his decision by saying that the chances of a two -state solution are constantly becoming smaller.