Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

"Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority," Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra.

Those commitments from the Palestinian Authority included Hamas having no future role in a potential Palestinian state and government reform, among others. The authority also reaffirmed Israel's right to exist in peace and security, Albanese noted.

Albanese was joined by his foreign minister, Penny Wong, who revealed that she spoke to her U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, ahead of the announcemen

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