'Outrageous' to hold conference on two-state solution without Palestinian Authority representatives

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas had hoped to attend the meeting but the United States revoked his visa last month

Simon Harris said it was "outrageous" that the conference would not have Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas or his government represented. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

The Tánaiste has hit out at the holding of a UN conference on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, which will go ahead without representatives from the Palestinian Authority.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas had hoped to attend a meeting this week, called for by France and Saudi Arabia and aimed at advancing a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, the United States revoked his visa last month.