Germany to back UN resolution for two-state solution

Germany will support a UN resolution for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict but does not believe the time is right to recognize a Palestinian state, a government spokesman said. “Germany will support such a resolution which simply describes the status quo in international law,” the spokesman said. He added that Berlin “has always advocated a two-state solution and is asking for that all the time”. “The Chancellor [Friedrich Merz] just mentioned two days ago again that Germany does not see that the time has come for the recognition of the Palestinian state,” the spokesman said.