Palestinian foreign minister urges Singapore to recognise Palestine

Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin met Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Ramallah to discuss “the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire”.

Shahin thanked Singapore for its continued solidarity with Palestinians and urged it to take the next step, formal recognition of the State of Palestine, saying such a move would “provide practical support for the two-state solution”.

According to a statement from the Palestinian Foreign Ministry on X, Balakrishnan reaffirmed Singapore’s commitment to the two-state framework and offered technical and institutional support to strengthen Palestinian governance.