The UN has said that a two-state solution cannot be voted away in response to a resolution passed by the Israeli parliament rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state, Anadolu Agency reports.

Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is disappointed by the Israeli parliament’s (Knesset) decision to pass the measure. “It’s clear you can’t vote away the two-state solution,” Dujarric told reporters.

Guterres “has said many times he believes that’s ending the occupation and negotiating a two-state solution, where Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous, viable and sovereign Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with a secure and recognised border based on 1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states, is the only viable path to a sustainable peace for the people of Israel and for the people of Palestine,” said the spokesman.

“So, the motion passed is, for us, clearly inconsistent with the UN resolutions, international law and prior agreements, and he (Guterres) once again, calls on the Israelis and all sides frankly, to do anything that takes us further away from the two-state solution,” he added.