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xinhua news agency, madrid, september 13 (reporter hu jiaqi and xie yuzhi) spanish foreign minister alvarez said in madrid on the 13th that the european union, arab and islamic countries will work together to promote the "two-state solution" to resolve the palestinian-israeli issue.

the foreign ministers' meeting of eu countries and the "arab-islamic contact group on gaza" was held in madrid on the same day. eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy borrell, arab league secretary-general geit, organization of islamic cooperation secretary-general taha, palestinian prime minister mustafa and others attended the meeting. representatives from norway, slovenia, ireland, saudi arabia, turkey, egypt, qatar and other countries also attended.

alvarez said at a press conference before the meeting that the foreign ministers' meeting will promote the formulation of a timetable for the effective implementation of the "two-state solution". european, arab and islamic countries will speak with one voice at the meeting and coordinate their positions for the meeting to be held in the coming weeks to decide the future of the palestinian-israeli region.

alvarez said a ceasefire agreement in gaza must be reached urgently, and the detained people must be released immediately to allow large-scale humanitarian aid to enter the gaza strip. he said: "the war must end as soon as possible. there is no excuse for delaying the implementation of this plan. millions of innocent civilians are suffering."

alvarez also called for the convening of an international peace conference under the framework of the united nations as soon as possible to promote the palestinian-israeli peace process.

spain announced its recognition of the state of palestine in may this year, and the two sides plan to hold their first bilateral summit before the end of this year. (end)