israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816

israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816 http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816 1/10 10/31/2015 Israel-Palestine Conflict: French UN Security Council Resolution Off The Table In Favor Of Palestinian Statehood? French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (pictured) met with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki Tuesday to discuss closer relations. Israelis took the meeting as a sign that France favors recognition of Palestine. AFP/Getty Images The French foreign minister met Tuesday in Paris with his Palestinian counterpart to discuss strengthening their diplomatic ties. Other parties, particularly Israel, took the meeting as a sign that France is giving up on a role as negotiator for a United Nations Security Council resolution between Israel and Palestine and instead would push for the recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state. France has been expected to present a resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict to the Security Council, where it is a permanent member with veto power. "The meeting also provided an opportunity to prepare for the first FrenchPalestinian intergovernmental seminar,” read an official statement (http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/82574-150819-frenchhttp://www.ibtimes.com/israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816 2/10 10/31/2015 Israel-Palestine Conflict: French UN Security Council Resolution Off The Table In Favor Of Palestinian Statehood? ultimatum-on-palestine-recognition-or-un-resolution) released following the meeting between France's Laurent Fabius and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki. “The first session of which will be aimed at strengthening our relations in the political, economic and cultural spheres," added the statement, which made no mention (http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Signs-France-movingtoward-recognition-of-Palestine-rather-than-UN-Security-Councilresolution-412510) of any Security Council resolution, the Jerusalem Post reported. France Diplomacy @francediplo_EN Follow .@LaurentFabius received his Palestinian counterpart, Riad alMalki, today: fdip.fr/jgjyw 8:13 PM - 18 Aug 2015 8 3 The Assemblée Nationale, or French parliament, voted in favor (http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/propositions/pion2387.asp) of a resolution to recognize the state of Palestine as a sovereign nation in http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816 3/10 10/31/2015 Israel-Palestine Conflict: French UN Security Council Resolution Off The Table In Favor Of Palestinian Statehood? December 2014. Spokesmen on both sides of the debate said that though the resolution was chiefly symbolic, it would move Israel and Palestine closer to a peaceful solution to the long conflict based on mutual respect. France has long been an active negotiator in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the vote in December signaled to many that France was moving away from neutrality, after trying to push a U.N. peace proposal in 2014. The proposal that France is expected to present when the U.N. session opens in September has been criticized both by Israel, which does not want an external solution imposed on it, and Palestine, where leaders said they fear it will not meet their demands. Submit Correction See Also Advertisement START A BUSINESS FROM HOME 10 BEST SMARTPHONES HIGH INTEREST CD RATES BEST HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS TOP 10 CREDIT CARDS 10 BEST GAS MILEAGE CARS TOP 10 STOCKS TO BUY TOP 10 TECH GADGETS FOR MEN Related Like 393k Follow @ibtimes ? Parisians Furious Over Tel Aviv Beach Event (/tel-aviv-sur-seine-controversyparis-beach-event-linked-palestinian-children-killed-2046303?rel=rel1) ? Thousands Of Palestinian Supporters Demonstrate In Paris (/israel-gazaconflict-thousands-pro-palestinians-demonstrate-paris-france-jails-3-pro1637246?rel=rel2) http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-palestine-conflict-french-un-security-council-resolution-table-favor-2059816