§ David WinnickTo ask the Prime Minister if he will state Her Majesty's Government's policy towards a viable and sovereign Palestinian state in the occupied territories; and what recent discussion he has had with President Bush on this issue. [76307]
§ The Prime MinisterBy this year's end, we must have revived final status negotiations and they must have explicitly as their aims: an Israeli state free from terror, recognised by the Arab world, and a viable Palestinian state based on the boundaries of 1967. I have had several recent, conversations with President Bush on this issue. We share the aim, set out in his statement on 24 June, of372W a final status agreement within three years. We will continue to work closely and urgently with the US, EU, UN, Russia and regional States to realise this goal.