US envoy to UN: Washington still supports two-state solution
"We absolutely support the two-state solution but we are thinking out of the box as well."
By REUTERSUpdated: FEBRUARY 17, 2017 12:56US ambassador at UN says Washington still supports two-state solution in Middle East (Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday the United States still supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a day after President Donald Trump suggested he is open to new ways to achieve peace."First of all, the two-state solution is what we support. Anybody that wants to say the United States does not support the two-state solution - that would be an error," Haley told reporters at the United Nations."We absolutely support the two-state solution but we are thinking out of the box as well."Haley's comments came after Trump said on Wednesday that he was open to ideas beyond a two-state solution, the longstanding bedrock of Washington and the international community's policy for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians."I'm looking at two states and one state, and I like the one both parties like," Trump told a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I can live with either one."