The United States said Thursday that each country makes its own decisions about when to recognize the Palestinian state, but noted that Washington believes that that goal is “best” achieved through dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians and other countries in the region.

This is what State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said when asked at a press conference about the plans of the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to recognize the Palestinian State before July. “Each country must make its own decisions regarding when and where it conducts such surveys,” Miller said.

The spokesman said the United States has always “strongly” supported the creation of a Palestinian state, but believes “that is best achieved through dialogue and negotiation between the two parties and with other countries in the region.” “That’s what we’re actively pursuing,” he explained.

Pedro Sánchez began a tour this Thursday in Poland, which will also take him to Norway and Ireland, to lead a mobilization in favor of the recognition of Palestine as a State that will provoke a call effect in some partners who are undecided about making that decision. Sánchez is determined to make this recognition before July, and in his speech on Wednesday in a plenary session of Congress that debated various issues of international politics, he assured that Spain is prepared for it.