“We believe the only way to achieve a two-state solution for both Israel and the Palestinians is through direct negotiations between the parties,” Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, said in Washington on Wednesday. Can do."

He said that the Biden administration has been working on this for a long time.

In response to a question, Sullivan said he could not see how unilateral recognition of Palestine would contribute to any real progress toward the peace process or a ceasefire.

Each country has the right to make its own decisions, but the US position on the matter is clear: a two-state solution should be brought about through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through unilateral recognition.

US President Biden has said this repeatedly on the record.

Norway and two EU countries, Ireland and Spain, announced on Wednesday that they would recognize Palestine as a separate state.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gad Storrs, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday that the move would be formalized on May 28.

The three countries hope this will lead to a so-called two-state solution, in which Israelis and Palestinians would live together in peace in the future.




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