Media: US Secretary of State instructed US diplomats around the world to persuade countries not to recognize Palestine
Russian State News Agency, Moscow - According to Axios website, citing unnamed U.S. officials and European diplomats, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats around the world to urge countries not to recognize the state of Palestine, but this effort has had little success.
The report said: "Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats around the world to take action against countries recognizing Palestine and not attending the France-Saudi meeting, but this effort has achieved almost no success."
British Prime Minister Starmer announced on September 21 that the UK formally recognized the state of Palestine. The governments of Australia, Canada, and Portugal also issued similar statements. AFP previously cited the words of an unnamed advisor to French President Macron, reporting that ten countries, including France, would recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 22 in New York. A series of statements from Western countries expressing their intention to recognize the state of Palestine have been met with resistance and condemnation from Israel and the United States.
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