In Ramallah, Guterres embraces two-state solution
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(Worthy News) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on his first visit to the Palestinian territories since taking office in January, embraced a two-state solution on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has resisted taking a position on the issue.
“I want to express very strongly the total commitment of the United Nations [and] my personal total commitment to do everything for a two-state solution to materialize,” Guterres told a joint press conference in Ramallah, alongside Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
“I have said several times there is no Plan B to a two-state solution,” the secretary-general continued. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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