While Australia, Canada, Britain, and Portugal will use the commencement of the U.N. General Assembly to announce that they formally recognise a Palestinian state, New Zealand has refused to divulge its position, with the government’s three coalition parties seemingly at odds on the subject.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told reporters on Sept. 22 that the decision has still not been signed off by the Cabinet, despite Foreign Minister Winston Peters having flown to New York over the weekend to attend the U.N. meeting.
Luxon said he did not feel the country was lagging behind its security partners. New Zealand, along with Australia, Canada, the UK, and the United States, is part of the Five Eyes Alliance, meaning that three of the five member nations now recognise a Palestinian state….
New Zealand yet to Reveal Position on Palestinian Recognition
