Commissioner Šuica attends the High-Level Conference on the two-state solution for Palestine

Today and tomorrow, Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, is participating in the High-Level Conference on the Question of Palestine and the Two-State Solution, taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Commissioner Šuica will meet with António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General; Faisal bin Farhan bin Al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Florian Hahn, State Minister at the Foreign Office of Germany.

Representing the EU, Commissioner Šuica will reaffirm the EU's commitment to a two-state solution as the only path to a just, lasting and sustainable peace. She will recall the EU's ongoing efforts to alleviate the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, as well as its strong support for a reformed and revitalised Palestinian Authority as the legitimate governing body of a future Palestinian state. The Commissioner will also contribute to discussions on the ‘day after', focusing on international efforts for the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza.

The Commission has disbursed €30 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the second tranche of this year's allocation under the multiannual Comprehensive Support Programme for Palestine  to help the agency pay the salaries of their teachers and medical staff.  

The high-level conference represents a pivotal international effort to salvage the two-state solution amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and growing tensions and violence in the West Bank. Co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, the conference aims to produce an action-oriented roadmap for peace, grounded in international law and the International Court of Justice 2024 opinion on the illegality of the occupation. It brings together global actors to coordinate post-war reconstruction in Gaza, support Palestinian institutional reform, advance hostage release and demilitarisation, and promote broad diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state, seeking to shift the status quo toward a just, lasting solution.