EXTERNAL ACTION / Middle east

Recognition of State of Palestine divides Member States, concedes High Representative

Brussels, 09/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, acknowledged on Monday 9 December that the recognition of the State of Palestine was one of the issues leading to a split between Member States.

Before the press, at the end of the Foreign Affairs Council, he recalled that the recognition of a state was not an EU competence, but a competence of the Member States. The High Representative stated that the EU continues to support a two-state solution.