Denmark doesn't rule out recognising Palestine state

Denmark is not ruling out the possibility of recognising Palestinian statehood as long as it is democratic, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday.

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“We're not saying no to recognising Palestine as a state,” she told reporters.

“We're in favour of it. We have been for a long time. It’s what we want. But of course we have to be sure that it will be a democratic state,” she added.

On Sunday, more than 10,000 people marched in a protest in central Copenhagen calling for an end to the war in Gaza and urging Denmark to recognise Palestinian statehood.

In an interview with the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten on Aug.16, Frederiksen said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “now a problem in himself,” and that his Israeli government was going “too far.”

“Netanyahu's continued and very violent actions in Gaza are unacceptable,” she wrote on Facebook the same day, adding that she has, since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack, supported Israel's right to eliminate the “threat posed by Hamas.”

Recognition of a Palestinian state must serve “the right goal”, she stressed on Tuesday.

“It must come at a time when it genuinely benefits a two-state solution. And where a lasting and democratic Palestinian state can be guaranteed,” she said.