Egypt, Jordan, Germany, France push for resuming Middle East peace talks
12.01.2021
Egypt,Jordan, Germany and France on Monday asserted their commitment to supporting all efforts aimed at resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as their foreign ministers met in Cairo in an attempt to revive the Middle East peace process.
The meeting comes as two Gulf Arab countries - the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain - as well as Sudan and Morocco have normalised relations with Israel. The Palestinians have been critical of the deals, mediated by the United States.
In a joint statement following the meeting, the top diplomats affirmed that resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution is an indispensable requirement to comprehensive peace in the region. They called on the two sides to refrain from any unilateral measures undermining the future of a fair and lasting solution to the conflict. They said they will work with the United States to revive a credi