Ambassador welcomes plan for Ireland to recognise Palestinian statehood

Ambassador welcomes plan for Ireland to recognise Palestinian statehood

Palestine's ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid. File picture

The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland has welcomed comments by the Tánaiste about Ireland recognising Palestine as an independent State and urged such recognition would happen soon.

"Be in no doubt: recognition of a Palestinian state will happen," Micheál Martin said in the Dáil on Tuesday.

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