Washington, July 25 -- : US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington has outrightly rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state and called it a "reckless decision."
Macron said that France intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly, adding that he hoped it would help bring peace to the Middle East.
"This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace," Rubio said in a post on X.
Washington's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said in June he did not think an independent Palestinian state remained a US foreign policy goal.
Macron announced that France will formally recognize the State of Palestine, a move he said will ...