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1 of 3. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrives for a meeting in Vienna November 21, 2014.
'If this final effort to reach a negotiated solution fails, then France will have to do what it takes by recognizing without delay the Palestinian state,' Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told parliament.
Lawmakers are set to hold a symbolic parliamentary vote on Dec. 2 on whether the French government should recognize Palestine as a state, a move that Israeli Prime Minister has called a 'grave mistake'. The vote has raised domestic political pressure for the government to be more active on the issue.
Fabius told deputies that, were they to adopt the motion, it would not change Paris' immediate diplomatic stance.
But Fabius said France was working at the United Nations to get a resolution adopted that would set a two year timeframe to reach a negotiated solution. He also proposed an international conference in parallel to pressure the two sides.
(Reporting By John Irish; editing by Mark John)
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