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NOUAKSCHOT, July 23 (KUNA) -- Franceآ’s special envoy for the Middle East peace Pierre Vimont said Saturday an initiative launched by Paris aimed at rallying international support to revive the peace process.
Vimont, addressing a closed-door session of the preparatory Arab Foreign Ministers, said the French initiative aimed ultimately at solving the Arab-Israeli conflict.
He said an international conference on the Middle East peace process could be held before end of this year in order to resume the Israel-Palestinian negotiations to reach a permanent and just solution for the conflict.
The French initiative, said Vimont, aimed at igniting a new dynamism to end the stalmate.
"The initiative aims at reminding all parties that the two-state solution is still the only solution, and that this solution, which faces some threats on the ground, should not be ignored," he said.
He said Paris hosted a ministerial meeting on June 3, which emphasized that the two-state solution was the only mean on the basis on relevant UN resolutions and the Arab peace initiative. (pickup previous)
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