UK could recognise Palestinian state in September, PM Keir Starmer says
Sir Keir made the announcement in London on Tuesday, local time.
It comes less than a week after French President Emmanuel Macron pledged that his country would recognise Palestine as a state at a United Nations meeting in September.
France will be the first G7 nation to do so.
Sir Keir's announcement came one day after he met US President Donald Trump in Scotland.
"Our overwhelming concern is for the Israeli hostages and for the people of Gaza. We must do all we can to end the current suffering and change the situation on the ground," a statement released by Downing Street read.
"We demand an immediate ceasefire to stop the slaughter, that the UN be allowed to send humanitarian assistance into Gaza on a continuing basis to prevent starvation, and the immediate release of the hostages. We support the US, Qatari and Egyptian governments in their attempts to bring about a ceasefire."
While Australia has also reiterated its commitment to a two-state solution over the course of the war in Gaza, Sir Keir's language on Tuesday, and provision for a concrete timeline, is stronger than anything his counterpart in Canberra, Anthony Albanese, has used.
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