Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation Central Council to suspend the Oslo agreement on progress towards a peace settlement.

​The UK notes that the recommendations made by the Palestinian Central Council on 15 of January were non-binding. The Palestinian Authority continues to recognise the State of Israel and support a two-state solution. We continue to encourage the Palestinian leadership not to implement this recommendation. We urge all parties to promote non-violence, and engage constructively towards a two-state solution as the only basis for a sustainable settlement to the conflict.