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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

Cooper: Recognising Palestine must ‘spur’ action as two-state solution in peril

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper spoke at a UN General Assembly meeting in New York (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Recognising Palestinian statehood must be a “spur” to action rather than a “substitute” for it, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the United Nations.

Ms Cooper said the UK’s decision to recognise Palestine, a largely symbolic step it took alongside Canada, Australia and Portugal on Sunday, reflects the “grave reality” that the two-state solution is in “profound peril”.

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