France, April 19 -- As pressure mounts ahead of a key UN summit, France is weighing whether to recognise a Palestinian state - a move President Emmanuel Macron says could come within months. The two-state solution has been the guiding principle of French diplomacy in the Middle East for 70 years, and while the Palestinian issue has sometimes been sidelined, it's never really left the agenda.

"We must move towards recognition [of a Palestinian state] and we will do so in the coming months,"the French presidentsaid in an interview broadcast on television channel France 5.

He added that the move could be made at the UN conference due to be held in New York in June.

"I will do it because I believe that at some point it will be right and be...