Spain will argue for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the recognition of a Palestinian State in the EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Monday, the Spanish Foreign Minister said, Anadolu Agency reports.

Jose Manuel Albares told reporters that the entire international community should recognise an independent Palestine because “it is the only way to guarantee security and stability for Israel and Palestine, as well as for the whole Middle East.”

Albares added that Monday’s meeting will be “fundamental for world peace and stability”.

He said that European foreign ministers will meet with their counterparts from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Secretary-General of the Arab League to “hear their views” and share opinions from within Europe.

The Spanish Foreign Minister said that he will also argue for the unlimited access of humanitarian aid in Gaza, as well as Spain’s proposal to hold a peace conference.

“The peace conference would serve to implement the two-state solution that serves to create a realistic and viable Palestinian State,” he added.

Albares remarks echo the doorstep comments of EU Foreign Policy chief, Josep Borrell, who told journalists in Brussels on Monday morning that it is time to start talking concretely about a “two-state solution process.”