UN chief: 2-state solution must be saved

15 February 2017, 3:32 pm

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Speaking in Cairo, UN Chief Antonio Guterres says “everything must be done” to preserve the two-state solution.

The comment comes after the White House signals that it is considering retreating from support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are set to meet.

Antonio Guterres, right, Secretary General of the United Nations, gestures towards CNN correspondent Becky Anderson prior to an open discussion the World Government Summit 2017 in Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah on February 13, 2017. AFP/STRINGER) — Antonio Guterres, right, Secretary General of the United Nations, gestures towards CNN correspondent Becky Anderson prior to an open discussion the World Government Summit 2017 in Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah on February 13, 2017. AFP/STRINGER)

The White House announced Tuesday that Washington will seek to broker a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, but that a two-state solution may not necessarily be the framework to bring that peace to fruition and that the president will not insist on it.