Portugal's centre-right government will consult the main political parties and conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa about the potential recognition of a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on Thursday.

Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said that the Palestinian Authority would be the recognized leadership of a Palestinian state. Portugal is preparing to recognize a Palestinian state as early as next September,

Some 144 of the UN’s 193 member states recognise Palestine as a state, including most of the global south but only a handful of the 27 European Union member countries do. View on euronews