Following a meeting of the European Council in Brussels, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar decided to begin the process of establishing a Palestinian state alongside the presidents of Spain, Malta, and Slovenia.
The prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, stated that he anticipated the recognition would occur during the current four-year legislature that got underway last year.
After meeting with Mr. Varadkar and their Slovenian and Maltese counterparts on the outside of the council meeting on Friday morning, he informed reporters that an agreement had been achieved.
“We are agreed that the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the region is through implementation of a two-state solution, with Israeli and Palestinian States living side-by-side, in peace and security,” read a joint statement issued by Ireland after the meeting.
At a summit in November in Spain, Arab states and the European Union concluded that the Palestinian-Israeli issue could only be resolved by a two-state solution.
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