US calls Saudi and French-led conference on two-state solution a publicity stunt

US said French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognise a Palestinian state 'undercuts' American diplomacy. The US State Department labelled the three-day event "unproductive and ill-timed", as well as a "publicity stunt" that would make finding peace harder. The diplomatic push is a "reward for terrorism", the statement said (Read more at Middle East Eye).