The meeting in Rio came a day after the Israeli Parliament passed a resolution rejecting any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
The G20 foreign ministers, who met in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, strongly supported the two-state solution as the only way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The meeting was dominated by the ongoing war in Gaza. The Brazilian Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, who presides over the G20 this year, said that most of the countries that spoke on the issue backed the two-state solution.
A Brazilian official confirmed to AFP that there was a broad agreement on this point. The European Union also emphasized this consensus.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said to the media that Israel would not have peace or lasting security unless the Palestinians had a clear vision of creating their own state.
The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, called for a realistic plan to achieve the two-state solution, which would involve recognizing Palestine, building its institutions, and normalizing its ties with Israel and other Arab nations.
The meeting in Rio came a day after the Israeli Parliament passed a resolution by a large margin, rejecting any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. The resolution said that this would reward the “unprecedented terrorism” of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the vote that they would not give in to terrorism or external pressure.
The vote happened shortly after The Washington Post reported that the US and some Arab countries were working on a comprehensive peace proposal that would set a deadline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, once the war in Gaza ends.
