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September 14, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/09/172305.htm

Clinton: Road to Palestine Does Not Run Through UN

(State Department) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday: "We need an environment that is conducive to direct negotiations. We all know that no matter what happens or doesn't happen at the UN, the next day is not going to result in the kind of changes that the United States wishes to see that will move us toward the two-state solution that we strongly support. The only way of getting a lasting solution is through direct negotiations between the parties, and the route to that lies in Jerusalem and Ramallah, not in New York." "So instead we are redoubling our efforts with not only both sides, but with a broad cross-section of the international community, to create a sustainable platform for negotiations that can produce the two-state outcome that we seek....The issue is not simply that action in New York will not bring peace and stability, but it will create more distractions toward achieving that goal."

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