British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “start talking about the things a Palestinian state can be rather than the things it can’t be”, reiterating British support for a two-state solution, Reuters reports.

In an interview with Lebanese broadcaster LBCI, Cameron said part of British policy is to say there will be a time when Britain would look to recognise a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations.

“That can’t be at the start of the process. The process needs to get going. But it doesn’t have to be at the end of the process,” he said.

Cameron, speaking during a visit to Lebanon as part of a regional tour, said Netanyahu had “not ruled out comprehensively a two-state solution”.