by Times of Israel News Staff
World leaders expected to meet in New York ahead of UN General Assembly following minister-level conference this month
World leaders will meet to discuss a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at UN headquarters in New York ahead of the annual General Assembly in September, following a conference that will be held this month, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday.
The coming July conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, was originally planned for mid-June but was postponed when Israel, on June 13, launched a campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, triggering a 12-day war.
Diplomatic sources had said last week that the conference was now set for July 28-29. The French source said the meeting would be at the ministerial level.
The meeting will seek to “advance the recognition of a Palestinian state for a certain number of states who have not yet recognized it, including France,” said the source, adding that it would also work “on normalization and Israel’s regional integration with Arab and Muslim countries.”
Heads of state and government will then meet in either…
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