Germany welcomes the new U.S. Middle East initiative which called for an international meeting to seek ways to create a Palestinian state, a German government spokesman said Tuesday.
Germany supported the goal of laying the foundation for "a successful Palestinian state" with which peace talks could be conducted, said spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm.
A Palestinian state with effective governance, functioning economy as well as law and justice, is vital to the two-state solution in the Middle East, he said.
According to the spokesman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Tuesday afternoon with Palestine's prime minister-designate Salam Fayyad and offered her support for Palestine's further efforts for the peace process.
Fayyad told Merkel that he is trying to establish a better system of authority, particularly in the security sector, said the spokesman.
On Monday, U.S. President George W. Bush announced his new Middle East initiative.
According to the plan, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will chair a conference in the autumn that would include the Israelis,
Palestinians and their Arab neighbors committed to the two-state solution.
Bush also announced 190 million dollars in direct aid to the Palestinian government led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Fayyad.
The U.S. plan emerged in an effort to bolster Abbas's more moderate Fatah government in its power struggle against the Hamas militant group which still refuses to recognize Israel.
Source: Xinhua
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