French President Francois Hollande opened on Friday in Paris an international ministerial meeting on the peace process in the Middle East.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri is leading Egypt's delegation to the meeting.

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Arabi, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini participate in the meeting.

The meeting aims at debating the stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. 

The Elysee said the meeting will also allow participants to renew their adherence to the two-state solution and their determination to create an atmosphere to resume direct talks between the two sides.

A French diplomatic source said his country's adoption of an initiative to revive the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations is out of its conviction of the deterioration of the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Source: MENA