00:00Portugal joined the ranks of the UK, Australia and Canada on Sunday after it, too, moved
00:06to announce its official recognition of Palestinian statehood.
00:11Speaking from New York, Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel stressed that the move
00:16is crucial for the preservation of the premise of a two-state solution, but considered that
00:21it did not address the current crisis.
00:30A catastrophe humanitária em curso na faixa de Gaza.
00:34O governo português tem repetida e insistentemente condenado as restrições à entrada de ajuda
00:40humanitária, a situação de fome gerada, a deslocação forçada de populações na faixa
00:47de Gaza e, igualmente, a resposta manifestamente desproporcional que provoca tantas vítimas
00:54civis e a destruição de infraestruturas como escolas e hospitais ou até instalações
01:00religiosas, seja da maioria musulmana, seja da minoria cristã.
01:06The move came just one day before world leaders convened in New York to partake in the annual
01:11UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
01:14And though it's seen as largely symbolic, it signals a historic shift in European foreign
01:18policy.
01:19Portugal is now among more than 150 other countries that also recognize a Palestinian state.
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