EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has said that Israel cannot be allowed to unilaterally block the creation of a Palestinian state after the conflict in Gaza, AFP reports.

“One thing is clear — Israel cannot have the veto right to the self-determination of the Palestinian people,” Borrell told a Brussels press conference with his Egyptian counterpart.

“The United Nations recognises and has recognised many times the self-determination right of the Palestinian people. Nobody can veto it.”

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said there is “an international consensus on the necessity of resolving the conflict on the basis of a two state solution”.

“It is time to implement it and the international community has the means, has the resources, has the mechanisms to do so,” he said.

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