HELSINKI: Finland`s President Alexander Stubb has said he is ready to approve a recognition of a Palestinian state if the government moves forward with such a proposal, after many countries, including France and Canada, pledged to recognise the state alongside the 80th UN General Assembly in September.

`The decisions by France, the United Kingdom and Canada reinforce the trend towards recognising Palestine as part of effortsto breathe new life into the peace process, Stubb said in a post to X. `If I receive a proposal to recognise the Palestinian state, I am prepared to approve it,` Stubb said, deploring an `inhumane` situation in Gaza.

Finland`s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Friday reiterated Helsinki`s support for a twostate solution, without specifying whether the government was ready to recognise a Palestinian state.-AFP