French leaders plan to recognize a Palestinian state if one is declared at the end of the interim agreement period between Israel and the Palestinians, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. Citing senior sources in Paris, Ha’aretz said French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin have agreed to recognize Palestinian statehood in May 1999.
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