BBC
France has confirmed it intends to vote for Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations later this week.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France had long backed
Palestinian ambitions for statehood and would vote yes "out of a concern
for coherency".
The Palestinians are asking the UN General Assembly to
upgrade their status from permanent observer to a "non-member observer
state".
The vote is due to take place later this week.
"This Thursday or Friday, when the question is asked, France will vote yes," Mr Fabius told the lower house of parliament.
