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France to Recognize Palestinian State if Deadlock With Israel Not Broken

Friday, January 29, 2016 1:13 pm | < 1 Minute Read

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attends the session "The New Climate and Development Imperative" during the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2016. (Ruben Sprich/Reuters) — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attends the session “The New Climate and Development Imperative” during the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2016. (Ruben Sprich/Reuters)

France will recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts in coming weeks to try to break the deadlock between Israelis and Palestinians fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.

“France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an international conference bringing together the parties and their main partners, American, European, Arab, notably to preserve and make happen the solution of two states,” he said.

Fabius said that as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, France had a responsibility to try to keep up efforts to find a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

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