<article data-history-node-id="426562" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/portugal-recognize-palestinian-state-september-says-pm" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/portugal-recognize-palestinian-state-september-says-pm" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Portugal to consider recognising Palestinian state, says PM&nbsp;</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has said that his country intends to recognise the state of Palestine in September, AFP has reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The Portuguese government will consult the president and parliament on the question of recognising the State of Palestine at the UN in September," Montenegro’s office has said in a statement.</p> <p>This comes a day after British&nbsp;Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine in September, "unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza".&nbsp;</p> <p>The announcement was followed by&nbsp;Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who said that the nation will recognise the Palestinian state at the UN in September.&nbsp;</p> <p>France and Malta have also said they will recognise Palestine.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>