Palestinian Foreign Minister expects nine more states to recognize country's independence

“The issue of recognition is an ongoing affair.

We take it very seriously and want that in 2023 the number of (recognized. -

) countries may have reached 155. We expect nine countries to recognize Palestine in 2023, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

The Minister announced his intention to visit one of the African countries in two weeks, which is expected to announce the recognition of the independence of Palestine after the visit of al-Maliki.

“Now we are also working with another country in America where they are also working on recognition,” he added.

Earlier, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said that the kingdom favors the restoration of Palestine within the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

As Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheith has stated, a just peace cannot be achieved by "ignoring the reality of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories since 1967 or by legitimizing that occupation."