Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan is in New York to lead the Kingdom’s delegation at tomorrow’s United Nations General Assembly session, state news agency SPA reports. Farhan will chair the high-level international conference on the implementation of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, where several countries, including France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, the UK, and most recently Portugal are expected to formally recognize the state of Palestine.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will participate in the conference virtually. The General Assembly also passed a resolution allowing Palestineian Authority’s chief Mahmoud Abbas to submit its statement via a pre-recorded video, after the US denied visas of Palestinian representatives.

ICYMI- A Saudi-French led resolution calling for “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution passed the UN General Assembly earlier this month, with a vote of 142 in favor, 10 against, and 12 abstentions.

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