Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that Sweden officially announced the decision to recognize a Palestinian state. By that, Sweden will be the first Western country to recognize Palestine.
According to France Press, Margot Wallström, Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister and social democratic, said that the ministry will take the order into consideration today.
Wallstrom reiterated that recognition was a necessary step to confirm the "Palestinian right of self-determination."
On October 14 2014, 274 British MP's voted in favour of a Palestinian state recognition.
Doing that, Britain could joinn the countries that voted in favour of a Palestinian non-member observer state on 5 Dencember 2012, where 134 countries voted in favour of the resolution, 9 voted against, and 41 countries abstained.
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