Weimar states support to Obama on Mideast [View All]

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WARSAW, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Weimar Triangle grouping France, Germany and Poland supports U.S. President Barack Obama's suggestion to form a Palestinian state within pre-1967 borders, the Weimar countries' foreign ministers announced Friday

On Thursday Obama said lasting peace in the Mideast called for "two states for two nations" and suggested that "the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on those of 1967".

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called Obama's statement "courageous" and a step towards resolving the Mideast problem.

"We support Obama's courageous words on the need for prompt action to resolve the Mideastern conflict. Barack Obama has done what Europe urged him to do and now he's done it we express our support," Sikorski said in Bydgoszcz, north Poland at a press conference with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle.