The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today, Monday, that it will host the first high-level meeting of the "Global Alliance for the Two-State Solution" in the capital, Riyadh, next Wednesday.

This came according to what was stated by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Khuraiji, at the Ninth Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean, held in the Spanish city of Barcelona, according to a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Al-Khuraiji stressed, "The importance of enhancing the efforts made by the Union for the Mediterranean to enhance regional security, especially at this time when the region needs to take practical and decisive steps to stop the ongoing escalation, violence and destruction."

He added: "The Israeli aggression in Gaza and Lebanon has brought the region to a critical crossroads, putting the international community before two fateful choices: either to act effectively to support international law and promote the two-state solution, or to risk further escalation and deepening suffering, which will undermine the credibility of international efforts to maintain peace and security in the region."

He said that the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and Lebanon has reached an unbearable level, and the situation in the region cannot be allowed to deteriorate further, as innocent civilians continue to be systematically targeted, forcibly displaced and deliberately destroyed as a result of Israel's clear violations of international humanitarian law without accountability or punishment.

The Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister also reiterated the Kingdom's strong condemnation of the Israeli attacks on civilians and workers in the United Nations and its agencies, including UNRWA and UNIFIL, stressing the Kingdom's rejection of the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank and measures that affect the legal and historical status of Jerusalem, calling for an end to these measures in order to avoid prolonging the cycle of violence and destruction.

He added, "Rhetorical condemnations are no longer sufficient to deter violence, which requires bold and decisive decisions. In this context, we look forward to hosting the first high-level meeting of the Global Alliance for the Two-State Solution in Riyadh on October 30."

He pointed out that implementing the two-state solution is a collective international responsibility, and the only way to achieve lasting peace and recognize the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state, which is the basic condition for ensuring stability in the region. He also stressed the Kingdom's commitment to cooperating with partners to transform the two-state solution from a distant hope into a tangible and imminent reality.

On September 27, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan announced the launch of an international coalition to establish a Palestinian state and implement the two-state solution, during a ministerial meeting on the Palestinian issue and peace efforts, held on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, USA.

The ministerial meeting (on the situation in Gaza and the implementation of the two-state solution as a path to just peace) was organized by the Ministerial Contact Group of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the European Union, and Norway.