Phone Call Between the President and His French Counterpart

SadaNews - A phone call took place this evening, Friday, between President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Emmanuel Macron, to discuss the latest arrangements for holding the international peace conference in New York on September 22, aimed at providing opportunities for its success and achieving its goals.

The President expressed his gratitude to President Macron and friends in the French Republic for their joint leadership, along with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with the participation of a large number of countries in the international coalition, to hold this conference, and to gather broader international support for further recognitions of the State of Palestine, in addition to taking irreversible measures to end the Israeli occupation and implement the two-state solution, and to provide all forms of support to the State of Palestine and its people to build its institutions and implement reform programs.

He also reiterated to President Macron his determination to implement the national reform program and the commitments and pledges made by the State of Palestine in a letter addressed to the conference presidency on June 9, which includes holding presidential and parliamentary elections in 2026, following the end of the war, and drafting a temporary Palestinian constitution within three months, under which the electoral law will be amended to align with international commitments and the new status of the State of Palestine, based on the principle of one state, one law, and one weapon. He emphasized taking full responsibility for the Gaza Strip and confirmed that Hamas has no role and must hand over its weapons to the authority, as we do not want an armed state.

There was discussion about the dangers of unilateral measures that violate international law, including settlement activity, settler terrorism, and a warning against the annexation of occupied Palestinian lands in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as rejecting attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites.

It was agreed to continue coordination between the two sides.