France is not secretly planning a UN Security Council resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after a major conference in Paris this month, the president of the French Senate says.
“There is no secret proposal for a resolution prepared by France at the UN after the Paris conference to date,” Gerard Larcher says.
Larcher says he is not aware of any country working on a resolution to put before the council between the January 15 meeting and the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president on January 20.
Speaking to the press in Jerusalem at the end of a four-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Larcher says many Israeli interlocutors had expressed fear France would try to translate the outcome of the conference into a UN resolution.
The French-organized talks, to be attended by around 70 countries — but not by Israeli representatives — are being held to reiterate international support for a two-state solution to the conflict.
— AFP
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