The spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital: “It is not anti-Trump-this will help advance peace and revive the solution to two states.”

EXCLUSIVE: A French official Pushed back to President Donald Trump’s allegations that the recognition of a Palestinian state is equivalent to Hamas’ victory, insisting that the United Nations advanced initiative is designed to marginalize the terrorist group and relaunch the two -state solution.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital at United Nations General Assembly In New York, Pascal Confaveux, spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejected the suggestions that President Emmanuel Macron was trying to position himself as a “anti-Trump” leader on the world scene.

The spokesman stressed that relations between Trump and Macron keep upDespite their visible differences in the UN “French President Trump have a relationship that dates back to the first Trump administration. They have very intense discussions, and they work on many problems,” said the two leaders resumed a range of subjects on Tuesday. “It is not at all against the Trump administration. On the contrary, what is done here will help.”

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President Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a bilateral meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2025. (Photo of Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)

He also linked the United Nations initiative to the broader framework of regional normalization defended for the first time under Trump. “What were the Abraham agreements of the first Trump administration? They reassured the neighboring Arab countries, and in exchange, they established stronger links with Israel. Here, the logic is completely consistent with what we do, so it will help. If the Trump administration wants to go in this direction, it will certainly open the way to a kind of Abraham two.”

Confaveux explained how the package, jointly jointly by France and Saudi Arabia, combined the recognition of the Palestinian state with a series of commitments: conviction of the massacre of October 7, exclusion of Hamas from any future Palestinian government, reforms of governance by the Palestinian authority and planning of reconstruction and regional integration. “All these pieces of the puzzle were assembled by this initiative,” he said, adding that if not “the two-state solution would have been in a very bad place”.

Trump denounces European recognition of the Palestinian State as a “reward” for Hamas

Pascal Confaveux, spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks with Fox News Digital, saying that Palestinian recognition “is not anti-Trump”, but beats Hamas and supports future Arab-Israeli peace. (Fox News Digital)

Trump, in his own UN speech on Tuesday, brutally condemned the French-Saudi plan. “Recognizing a Palestinian state today would reward Hamas for its horrible atrocities, including October 7,” Trump told world leaders, warning that such recognition would prolong the conflict and enhance the terrorists.

But the French spokesperson argued the opposite. “What was really adopted in the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week was to save the two-state solution, which was frankly deadly a year ago,” he said. “It is exactly a defeat of Hamas. Hamas does not want two states, Hamas wants” from the river to the sea “. It is exactly that this initiative was prepared.”

In a hurry to respond to criticisms that argue that Macron’s international activism is also an attempt to preserve his heritage while he faces interior struggles and Low home supportThe spokesperson refused to comment.

French officials were nevertheless proud to have obtained wide support. The “New York Declaration” of July – led by France and Saudi Arabia – was officially adopted in the General Assembly this month with the support of 142 states. “It was a long effort, but it shows that an international majority is determined to maintain the solution to two states,” said the spokesman.

French president Emmanuel Macron said his nation would recognize a Palestinian state on Monday. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump used Truth Social on Monday to declare that Ukraine, with European support, “is able to fight and regain all of Ukraine in its original form”.

CONFAVEREUX WELCOMED THE NOTIKS, SAYING, “WE WELCOME Very Positively These Statements by President TRUMP. What we can see is that ready is not at All Wanting Peace – He’s Sending BOMBS AND DRONES IN UKRAINE, He’s VIOLATING NATO TERROY IN POLAND, ESTONIA. Failure, Gaining Less Than 1% of Ukrainian Territory in 1,000 days, and that will not change our determination. “