NEW YORK CITY: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said there would be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without an independent Palestinian state, Al-Ekhbariya TV reported on Monday.

鈥淭he two-state solution must return to the forefront,鈥� he said after chairing a ministerial-level meeting on efforts to revitalize the peace process in the Middle East in New York.

鈥淲e now see a continuing escalation in the occupied territories,鈥� Prince Faisal added.

He said countries at the meeting expressed their support for the solution and the need to make it a reality.

The meeting was also attended by the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi.