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At the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which ended on February 22, the foreign ministers of the member countries reached a consensus on what they believe is the need to resolve the Gaza conflict and the reform of multilateral institutions, according to the Efe news agency on February 22.
According to the report, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said in his final summary of the foreign ministers' meeting: "The participants almost unanimously supported the 'two-state solution' (of Israel and Palestine) as the only possible solution to the conflict." ”
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell also referred to the broad consensus reached at the G20 meeting on a two-state solution, saying that Israel's security depends on the existence of a Palestinian state.
"If I could sum it up in one sentence, I would say that everyone [at the meeting] strongly defended the two-state solution, and I did not hear any opposition," the head of European diplomacy said. ”
Vieira also said that many countries are concerned about the current conflict between Palestine and Israel and the risk of it spreading to neighboring countries.
Although the conflict in Ukraine was also discussed at the meeting, Vieira was vague when he mentioned the matter, saying only that "several countries" reiterated their condemnation of the war, the report said.
The G20 foreign ministers' meeting is the first since Brazil assumed the G20 presidency last December, and Brazil will hold the post until November, when the group's leaders' summit will be held in Rio.
According to Agence France-Presse on February 22, the host Brazil said after the G20 foreign ministers' meeting that G20 members generally support a "two-state solution" to resolve the Middle East conflict, thereby further pressuring Israel to accept an independent Palestinian state.
Speaking to reporters at the end of the two-day meeting, Brazil's foreign minister, Patrick Vieira, said the G20's major economies "almost unanimously agreed that the 'two-state solution' was the only possible solution to the crisis."
"Not every speaker spoke about this issue", but "every minister who spoke about it expressed support for the two-state solution" and "many" of ministers, the Brazilian *** source said.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who was present at the meeting, urged Vieira to use the opportunity of his closing remarks to "explain to the world that at the G20 meeting, everyone is in favor of" a "two-state solution" in which an independent Palestinian state would live side by side with Israel.
This is a strong demand for a 'two-state solution,'" Borrell told reporters, "The common denominator is that there will be no peace in Israel, no sustainable security, no unless the Palestinians have a clear political vision of building their own state." He said he would like to see Arab countries make proposals on this in the coming days.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also called for finding "a concrete path to the establishment of a Palestinian state" based on the prepared speech.
As warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip mount, Israel is under growing international pressure to agree to the creation of a Palestinian state, including from its main ally, the United States, the report said. (Compiled by Han Chao Xu Yanhong).
*: Refer to the news network).