NEW YORK CITY: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said there would be no solution to thePalestinian-Israeliconflict without an independent Palestinian state, Al-Ekhbariya TV reported on Monday.
“The two-state solution must return to the forefront,” he said after chairing a ministerial-level meeting onefforts to revitalize the peace process in the Middle East in New York.
“We now see a continuing escalation in the occupied territories,” 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 LeagueAhmed Aboul Gheitand thedeputy prime minister and foreign minister of JordanAyman Safadi.
