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Exclusive: A French official A prerequisite for claims by President Donald Trump that the recognition of a Palestinian state gives Hamas a victory and insists that the initiative is designed in the United Nations this week to marginalize the terrorist group and revive the two-states solution.
In an exclusive interview with FOX News Digital in the UN general assembly In New York, Pascal Confavereux, spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, refused to suggest President Emmanuel Macron to position himself on the global stage as a “anti -Trump” leader.
The spokesman emphasized these relationships between Trump card and macron stay strongDespite their visible differences in the United Nations “The French President and President Trump have a relationship that goes back to the first Trump government. They have very intensive discussions and work on many, many topics,” he said, noting that the two guides once again talked about a number of topics on Tuesday. “This is not against the Trump government at all. On the contrary, what is done here helps.”
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US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared on September 23, 2025 during a bilateral meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
He also combined the UN initiative with the broader framework of regional normalization, which was first used under Trump. “What were the Abraham Agreement of the first Trump administration? You gave the neighboring Arab countries the certainty, and in exchange they created more relationships with Israel. Here the logic is completely together with what we do, so if the Trump administration will definitely go in this direction -Pmintation go. “
Confavereux detailed, as the package led by France and Saudi Arabia, together with a number of obligations, led the recognition of the Palestinian statehood: conviction of the massacre from October 7, excluding Hamas from a future Palestinian government, governance reforms of the Palestinian authority and the planning for reconstruction and regional integration. “All of these pieces of the puzzle were put together by this initiative,” he said, adding that otherwise “the two-state solution would have been in a very bad place.”
Trump condemns the European recognition of the Palestinian state as a “reward” for Hamas
Pascal Confavereux, spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, speaks to Fox News Digital and says that Palestinian recognition is “not against Trump”, but defines Hamas and supports future Arabic-Israeli peace. (Fox News Digital)
In his own UN speech, Trump sharply condemned the French-Saudi plan on Tuesday. “The recognition of a Palestinian state today would reward Hamas for its terrible atrocities, including October 7,” said Trump to the leaders of the world and warned that such recognition would extend the conflict and encourage terrorists.
But the French speaker argued the opposite. “What was actually taken over at the United Nations General Assembly at the beginning of this week was the rescue of the two-state solution, which was open to mortal danger a year ago,” he said. “This is exactly one defeat of Hamas. Hamas does not want two states that Hamas wants ‘from the river to the sea’. It is precisely against this initiative.”
Pressed to answer critics who argue that Macron’s international activism is also an attempt to preserve his legacy while he faces domestic struggles and Low support at homeThe spokesman rejected a statement.
The French officials were still proud to receive broad support. The July declaration of New York cited by France and Saudi Arabia was officially accepted this month at the General Assembly with the support of 142 states. “It was a long effort, but it shows that an international majority is determined to keep the two-state solution alive,” said the spokesman.
France President Emmanuel Macron said his nation would recognize a Palestinian state on Monday. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
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On Monday, Trump used Truth Social to explain that Ukraine with European support is “able to fight and win the entire Ukraine in its original form.”
Confavereux welcomed the comments and said: “We welcome these statements from President Trump very positively. We can see that President Putin does not want peace at all – he sends bombs and drones in Ukraine. He violates NATO territory in Poland, Estonia, Romania.
