France and Saudi Arabia will convene a conference to promote the two-state solution by the end of July, a source familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post on Friday. Diplomatic sources had also reportedly told Saudi-based Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that the conference is supposed to take place on July 28 and 29. The conference, scheduled to take place in New York, was initially planned for last month but was postponed due to the conflict between Israel and Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were supposed to co-chair the conference in June, focused on advancing the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli officials previously claimed that the conference was intended to promote unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state—a claim France firmly denies.
The leaders of France, the United Kingdom, and Canada released a statement back in June that ended, “We affirm the important role of the High-level Two-State Solution Conference at the UN in June in building international consensus around this aim. And we are committed to recognizing a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end.” (Read More)
