ANTALYA (Turkey), April 15 (NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU) —\u00a0\u00a0A two-state solution is the only wide-scale sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting \u00a0a top Turkish diplomat on\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don\u2019t mean to say that (a two-state solution) now has very clear prospects in the region. But it still is one of our best options to find a durable solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict\u201d, Ufuk Ulutas, head at the Center for Strategic Research of Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry, told a NATO meeting in Antalya, in the Turkish Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ulutas laid out Turkey\u2019s position on Israel-Palestine conflict, as well as obstacles blocking peace between Israelis and Palestinians, at the three-day NATO meeting, which ends Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawmakers, military officers, and foreign mission chiefs from NATO member states are among participants at the 99th Rose-Roth Seminar, and Mediterranean and Middle East special group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, hosted by Turkey\u2019s Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn every instance of peace-making, efforts to reach a wide and sustainable solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Turkey has either become a mediator, a facilitator, or supporter of the whole process,\u201d said Ulutas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can call Turkey a strong proponent of peacemaking in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The whole process of peacemaking, at least the efforts, in the Arab-Israel conflict has been reflected very positively in the Israeli-Turkish relationship,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ulutas said there are five obstacles to resolving conflicts between Israel and Palestine: the US Mideast policy and especially on Palestine and Israel, the radicalisation of Israel politics, regional divisions in the Mideast and their effects on Palestine\u2019s politics and economy, ongoing clashes in Palestine, and the lack of initiative among the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUS unilateralism is one of the problems that we\u2019ve had so far in the Arab-Israeli conflict,\u201d he stressed, decrying US President Donald Trump moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem and his recognition of the occupied Golan Heights as an Israeli territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith these steps, the US chose to be a part of the problem instead of the solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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