Saudi crown prince, France’s Macron to lead Palestinian state conference in June

Paris: French President Emanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced they would co-chair a conference for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The conference is expected to take place in June.

“In the coming months, together we will multiply and combine our diplomatic initiatives to bring everyone along this path,” Macron said.

“We want to involve several other partners and allies, both European and non-European, who are ready to move in this direction but who are waiting for France,” the French president added.

Regarding a French recognition of a Palestinian state, Macron stated, according to the report, that France would carry out such an action “at the right moment.”