World News October 24, 2023 00:21 French President Emmanuel Macron
On Monday, the Elysee revealed proposals that President Emmanuel Macron will present during his visit to Israel on Tuesday.
The French presidency announced that Macron would call for “the resumption of an effective peace process” that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.
The presidency has not yet confirmed the presence of other Macron stations in the region. Macron had indicated that he would make his trip if it could be “useful” for the region.
The French President seeks to work to “slow down the escalation” and “avoid the expansion of a dangerous and uncontrolled escalation in the Middle East,” and thus propose “re-opening a political path,” according to the Elysee.
A presidential advisor said, “We want a humanitarian truce…that gives us enough space to build a political scenario that we hope will lead to a ceasefire.”
He added, “There is a necessity to open a political path that revives the only valid solution in the Middle East, which is the two-state solution,” stressing that it is “a goal that France has never deviated from.”
In this context, the French presidency stated that Macron “will talk about reopening the political track, and therefore will naturally talk about what is necessary to establish a Palestinian state, a demand that France has expressed very clearly many times to the Israeli authorities, but also about eventually holding negotiations on… Criteria that allow the establishment of a viable and permanent Palestinian state, capable of living in peace and security with Israel.
Source: Agencies
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2023-10-23 20:21:54
