Sikorski: Poland will back two-state solution for Mideast conflict

"Poland has for decades recognised Palestine, along with other countries and it voted in favour of raising the status of the state of Palestine. That is not a vote against anything but to take on the two-state solution," Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said during a meeting of the "Weimar Triangle" in eastern Germany.

Foreign ministers of Poland, France, and Germany spoke after Ireland, Spain and Norway announced earlier in the day that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28.

"We will support the efforts of the High Representative of the European Union and other countries that believe that some long-term, stable solution is needed,

"And we believe that such a stable, long-term solution would be the existence of two states," Sikorski underscored.

Poland recognised the proclamation of an independent Palestinian state in 1988, according to the ministry's website.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock the Middle East conflict needed a political solution and not the "symbolic recognition" of a Palestinian state.

"What’s needed for a solution to the Middle East conflict and for the two-state solution are direct negotiations on both sides," Baerbock added.

Baerbock’s French counterpart Stephane Sejourne that he was "not in favour of turning the recognition into a plaything of political forces" and that a diplomatic, regional solution was needed.

"France has always said that we want the recognition to be a contribution towards a solution and it’s important what happens afterwards."