Canada will recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in a dramatic policy shift Wednesday, urging that it was necessary to preserve the two-state solution.
"Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025," Carney said.
With Wednesday's announcement, Carney positioned Canada alongside France, after President Emmanuel Macron said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during the U.N. meeting, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move.
Macron's announcement drew condemnation from Israel, while U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the decision as pointless.
Carney said his decision was informed by Canada's "long-standing" belief in a two-state solution to the decadeslong Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
