Norway: Right Things And The Right Time To Recognize Palestine Countries

Illustration of a Norwegian-flagged ship crossing its country's territory on the Scandinavian peninsula. (Kilian Kremer-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Norway considers it the right time to recognize a country called Palestine. The Nordic nation on the Scandinavian peninsula said it was right to do so. "Because this is the right thing to do, but more importantly, because it is the right time to do it [recognizing Palestine]," said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide during a press conference with representatives from Spain and Ireland in Brussels, quoted from Al Jazeera, Monday 27 May. He said Norway should think inappropriately when it comes to'strong signals' regarding recognition for a country as it should be. "Over the years, we and many other countries have hoped to recognize the end of the peace process [of a ceasefire]. But then after a few years, we realized we actually needed to think out of the ordinary," he said. "Some may think of a paradox regarding the discussion of a solution on Tuesday [the recognition of a Palestinian state] in the middle of a war," Espen Barth continued. However, he said, it is undeniable that there has been violence at extreme levels in Gaza, Palestine. There is no doubt that violence was carried out by illegal Israeli settlers and their efforts to expand territory in the West Bank. "That is the lowest point in a long and sad history because there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem," said Espen Barth.

Therefore, Norway considers recognition of the Palestinian state to be one of the solutions to the problems that occur and is expected to bring the wind of peace inherent in Gaza. “ I think what we are giving now is a kind of new software. This is a 2.0 vision where early recognition of Palestine is one of some parts of a big puzzle of how to bring peace to the Middle East, "he said.