Portugal will consider whether to recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's office said Thursday.
France, Britain and Canada have all in recent days voiced, in some cases qualified, intentions to diplomatically recognize a Palestinian state.
The moves have come as international concern and criticism has grown over worrying malnutrition in Gaza amid Israel's genocidal war.
Portugal "is considering recognition of the Palestinian state, as part of a procedure that could be concluded during the high-level week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, to be held in New York in September," the statement said.
This decision was made after "multiple contacts" with partners, given "the extremely worrying developments in the conflict, both from a humanitarian perspective and through repeated references to a possible annexation of Palestinian territories" by Israel, the statement said.
