US EditionFrance and Saudis Vow to Keep up Momentum for 'Two-State Solution' to Israel-Palestinian Conflict
NEW YORK CITY, AUG 4 – The conference resulted in a seven-page New York Declaration endorsed by 160 U.N. members, with 125 supporting the two-state solution, aiming to revive peace efforts.
- Last week in New York, France and Saudi Arabia jointly led a prominent U.N. conference aimed at advancing the establishment of separate sovereign states for Israel and Palestine.
- The conference followed eight decades of conflict, recent Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, and years of frozen negotiations, with Israel and the U.S. boycotting the event.
- The meeting resulted in a seven-page New York Declaration that calls on Israel to endorse the establishment of a Palestinian state and urges Hamas to end its governance of Gaza and relinquish its weapons.
- French U.N. ambassador Jerome Bonnafont warned that refusing to acknowledge Israel's right to exist perpetuates ongoing conflict and highlighted the urgent necessity of a ceasefire in Gaza along with substantial humanitarian assistance for millions of Palestinians facing famine.
- Despite high hurdles and opposition from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, France and Saudi Arabia remain determined to maintain momentum and plan further events during the Sept. 23 General Assembly.
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France and Saudis vow to keep up momentum for 'two-state solution' to Israel-Palestinian conflict
After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel was back in the spotlight at a high-level U.N. conference — and France and Saudi Arabia who spearheaded the effort are determined to keep up the momentum.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia renewed its call to all States Members of the United Nations to support the final document of the conference on the implementation of the two-State solution, which it co-chaired with France for the implementation of the two-State solution and the achievement of international peace and security. In his statement to the Saudi News Agency, the Minister of Information, Salman bin Youssouf Al-Dosri, made it clear that
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