Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh insisted that the UK recognise his country as a state in a meeting with British lawmakers on Wednesday. Shtayyeh hosted 15 parliamentarians from the UK’s ruling Conservative Party in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority (PA), official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. “Britain should recognise the State of Palestine out of the political and historical responsibility that it entails,” Shtayyeh was quoted by Anadolu Agency as telling the British lawmakers. He said this would “protect the two-state solution” in Palestine-Isr…