France: No automatic recognition of Palestine if talks fail

France will not “automatically” recognize a Palestinian state if a Paris initiative to host an international conference to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks fails, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says.

His predecessor, Laurent Fabius, stirred Israeli anger in January by proposing such a conference and saying France would “recognize a Palestinian state” if peace talks failed.

— AFP

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