Please God action follows the words – Peter
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has discussed efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with the head of the United Nations as the government sends increasingly strong signals it will join a coalition of nations recognising a Palestinian state next month.
Albanese also had a phone call with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, in which they committed to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September.
Albanese spoke to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday to discuss the upcoming general assembly, a conversation government sources said was part of an escalating set of diplomatic encounters as international pressure mounts to recognise Palestinian statehood.
The call had previously been reported, but not that the pair spoke about Palestine.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has used her strongest language on the issue this week, heightening the sense of urgency to recognise Palestine by arguing that time was running out to keep a two-state solution alive.
“There is a risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise if the international community [doesn’t] move to create that pathway to a two-state solution,” she told ABC radio on Tuesday.
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