Copenhagen is not prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Sunday, speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem with his Israeli counterpart.

“We are not ready yet to recognize, but our position is that we cannot allow anyone to have a de facto veto over the Danish position,” Rasmussen said during remarks alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, referencing Jerusalem’s criticism of initiatives to recognize “Palestine.”

“Our position so far has been that we are ready to recognize when there’s a negotiated two-state solution,” the European diplomat continued, saying that his centrist government would never recognize a Palestinian state ruled by Hamas “or any other terrorist organization.

“It comes with a lot of preconditions,”

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