Paris:
France on Wednesday called for a relaunch of the Middle East process based on a two-state solution, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a closely-fought election.
"Only the creation of viable sovereign Palestinian state... will ensure peace and prosperity in the Middle East," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement, calling for negotiations to resume to achieve "a comprehensive and lasting peace accord".
During the election campaign, Netanyahu said he would not accept the establishment of a Palestinian state, a key part of the two-state solution backed by the EU and which he had accepted in 2009.
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