Foreign ministers at the G20 meeting in Brazil almost unanimously backed a two-state solution as the only way to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a Brazilian minister who hosted the event said on Thursday, according to reports. Reuters.

“There was almost unanimity on the decision to create two states as the only solution to the conflict,” Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said at the end of the two-day meeting.

Vieira said all members of the group of the world’s largest economies underlined their concern about the war in Gaza and the risk of this conflict spreading to the Middle East.

There were calls for a ceasefire and access to Gaza for humanitarian aid, while “many” countries criticized Israel’s military offensive in Rafah, he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition government overwhelmingly reject the creation of a Palestinian state.

But Washington, Israel’s main ally, says the two-state solution is the only possible way to bring lasting peace to the region, but has rejected calls from some countries, including Brazil, for an immediate ceasefire.

US support irritates the international community

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he had found “common ground” with G20 members on Gaza, despite the US using its veto power for the third time this week to block a UN Security Council resolution on the conflict, reflecting growing international frustration with US support Israel

At a press conference after the G20 meeting, Blinken said that ending the conflict was a shared goal, and that the way to that goal was the deal the US is helping to broker between Israel and Hamas to release the hostages.

“There may be differences in tactics and there may be differences in this Security Council resolution, but we are trying to focus on getting concrete results,” Blinken said.

The meeting, which set the agenda for this year’s G20 under the presidency of Brazil, discussed the current tensions in the world, focusing mainly on the fighting in Gaza and Ukraine.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell earlier said there was a consensus on the need for a two-state solution in Israel, which was supported by every speaker who touched on the conflict.

“There will be no peace … there will be no sustainable security for Israel unless the Palestinians have a clear political vision to build their own state,” he said.

Borrell, the EU foreign minister, said the crisis in Gaza was spreading to the West Bank, which was “absolutely seething” as Israeli settlers “attacked Palestinian civilians”.