The stability and security of the region will only be achieved through putting an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and establishing a Palestinian state, said a Palestinian official on Monday.

Dr Nabil Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah movement and General Commissioner of International Relations at the movement, called during a meeting with a German parliamentary delegation on Germany to recognize the Palestinian statehood in line with the resolutions of the European summit in Berlin in 1999.

The Palestinian official called for a greater European role in the Middle East peace process and also called for pressuring Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories.