RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The creation of two independent states, the principle of which was established by the Oslo Accords of 1993, is considered within the G20 as the only solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said on Thursday the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell.
“Everyone here, everyone. I haven’t heard a single person oppose it. There is a strong demand for a two-state solution,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
“It is a consensus among us,” he stressed, while the conflict between Hamas and Israel was discussed during the meeting.
“There is a common denominator, there will be no peace (…), no lasting peace for Israel without a clear political perspective for the Palestinians to establish their own state,” insisted Josep Borrell.
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Josep Borrell asked Brazil, host country of the G20 meeting, to “explain to the world that at the G20 everyone is in favor of this solution.”
“We must mobilize politically so that this solution is applied. Otherwise it will remain wishful thinking,” he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, a solution for which Washington, Israel’s main ally, is also campaigning.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paragassu; French version Zhifan Liu, editing by Sophie Louet)
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