Global Coalition Launches Initiative for Independent Palestinian State
Nations from Europe, the Arab world, and the Global South unite to support Palestinian statehood and post-conflict recovery.
- Norway and Saudi Arabia co-chaired a meeting with nearly 90 countries to form 'The Global Alliance for the Implementation of a Palestinian State and a Two-State Solution.'
- The initiative aims to address security interests, normalize relations, and demobilize Hamas as a military group.
- Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide emphasized the need for a new approach after decades of stalled negotiations.
- 149 of the U.N.'s 193 member nations have recognized a Palestinian state, and the alliance urges universal recognition.
- The first meetings of the alliance will take place in Riyadh and Brussels, focusing on practical measures to establish a Palestinian state.
Associated Press 