Peru joins Latin wave recognizing Palestine state (AFP)

[Judi Lynn]

Peru joins Latin wave recognizing Palestine state (AFP)

25 January 2011 LIMA — Peru recognized a “free and sovereign” Palestine state on Monday, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Belaunde said, joining a wave of Latin American countries to take the step.

“Today the government communicated to the ambassador of Palestine in Lima recognition of the Palestinian state as free and sovereign,” he said.

Brazil led the move to recognize Palestine late last year, and has since been joined by Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile.

An Israeli official earlier this month dismissed recognition of a Palestinian state by the Latin Americans as “a useless and empty gesture because it will not change anything.”

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