Mr. Alexandre Lévêque at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

I would agree with the sentiment of that statement, but put the emphasis on the fact that as a government, we have control only over the decisions that we can make and the pronouncements that we can make. In the case of recognition, that's why it really comes down to that political decision and how we pronounce ourselves.

In other words, we cannot influence or force other countries to decide what to do with their own sovereign decisions.