Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“President Emmanuel Macron says France could recognise a Palestinian state ‘in the coming months.’ Macron told France 5 television on Wednesday that he aimed to finalise the move at a United Nations conference on the Israel-Palestine conflict, which his country will co-chair with Saudi Arabia in June. ‘We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months,” Macron said.’ … Palestine’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, told the news agency AFP that France’s recognition would be ‘a step in the right direction in line with safeguarding the rights of the Palestinian people and the two-state solution.’ Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said any ‘unilateral recognition’ of a Palestinian state would be a ‘boost for Hamas.'” [editor’s note: Joining the 147 other regimes that recognize Palestine would hardly be “unilateral” – TLK] (04/09/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/9/macron-says-france-could-recognise-palestinian-state-in-june