After Britain, Canada and Australia, and the Portugal officially recognizes the Palestinian state. The announcement was made by Iberian Foreign Minister Paulo Runzel on Sunday night (21.09.2025).
As the Portuguese Foreign Minister said, “the recognition of the Palestinian state is the implementation of a fundamental and stable line of Portuguese foreign policy.”
Speaking to reporters from the headquarters of the Portuguese Permanent Delegation to the UN in New York, Paulo Runzel He stressed that Portugal supports the solution of the two states as “the only way for a fair and lasting peace” and emphasized that “it is urgent to be a ceasefire”.
At the same time, he made it clear that Hamas “can have no form of control over or outside of gauze” and demanded the immediate release of all hostages.
Runzel also pointed out that The recognition of the Palestinian state “It does not extinguish the humanitarian disaster in Gaza” and condemned hunger, destruction and “expansion of Israeli settlements to the West Bank”.
Portugal is thus integrated into countries that announced Palestine recognition Along with Britain, Canada and Australia.