Overview

• The leaders agreed to reconvene at the UN General Assembly in September to align their strategies on recognising Palestinian statehood and addressing Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
• They reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution and called for an immediate ramp-up of aid deliveries alongside a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
• Australia’s decision to recognise Palestine has been framed as a matter of timing rather than if, contingent on Hamas’s exclusion and reforms within the Palestinian Authority.
• Prime Minister Albanese’s separate call with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas secured commitments on releasing Israeli hostages, expediting aid access and pursuing a lasting ceasefire, with plans to meet again in New York.
• France will formally recognise a Palestinian state at the assembly, a move that Canada and the UK have also signalled under conditions of demilitarisation and Palestinian Authority reforms.