Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday. “Canada has long been committed to a two-state solution, an independent, viable and sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with the State of Israel in peace and security,

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday followed the lead of the French president Emmanuel Macron and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to announce that his country plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.

Canada will officially recognize the State of Palestine in September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday, aligning with a growing international push to support Palestinian statehood amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza.