On 21 September, Portuguese Foreign Minister Paul Langier announced that Portugal officially recognized the Palestinian state.

According to the Portuguese news agency Lusa, Langer made the statement at the Portuguese delegation to the United Nations in New York, and he stressed that Portugal considers the ¡°two-country plan¡± to be ¡°the only path to peace.¡±

Portuguese President De Sousa, who arrived in new york to attend next week's UN General Assembly activities, also expressed his "full support" for the government's decision to recognize the Palestinian state.

Earlier that day, the British, Canadian and Australian governments also announced their official recognition of the State of Palestine.France and Saudi Arabia will jointly host an international conference to implement the ¡°Two-State Plan¡± at the United Nations headquarters in New York, when several countries, including France, will also announce their recognition of the State of Palestine.

In response to the recent multi-state recognition of the State of Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a statement on the 21st that there would be no Palestinian state. he said that in recent years the number of Israeli settlements on the West Bank has doubled, and there will be no Palestinian state on the West Bank.