10. The V4 and the State of Israel agreed that tackling the current migration crisis requires addressing its origins. The leaders shared the view that close cooperation with the states of origin and transit should be maintained. In this context, leaders of the V4 and the State of Israel emphasized the importance of diplomatic efforts aimed at peaceful and lasting conflict resolution and stabilization. They also discussed the need to foster good governance and sustainable economic growth in states of origin of economic migrants. 11. The V4 and the State of Israel discussed the Middle East Peace Process and reaffirmed the need for a solution based on mutual recognition and effective security arrangements. The leaders of the V4 reaffirmed their support for a viable two-state solution and the right of Israel to live in security and peaceful co-existence with all its neighbors, including Palestinians. They considered ways to help promote direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The parties expressed their hope that in the context of meaningful direct bilateral negotiations, all outstanding issues between the Israeli and Palestinian sides could be resolved. The leaders stressed their opposition to any attempt to undermine Israel’s legitimacy. 12. The five leaders stressed their determination to promote cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, with the aim to increase mutual understanding of their respective cultures and safeguard cultural diversity. They decided to seek ways to further promote the education of the historical and cultural heritage of the Jewish people and the State of Israel in Hungarian, Czech, Polish and Slovak languages and the education of the history and culture of the V4 Member States in the Israeli education system in respective schools and educational institutions. 13. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs, fulfilling their role as the major coordinators of the scope of issues discussed today, will continue to consult regularly in order to monitor and guide the progress of the undertaken projects as well as identifying eventual ways of expanding the political and economic cooperation. The V4 and the State of Israel acknowledged the need to intensify their political dialogue and continue their high-level exchanges, providing that all these activities are of complementary nature to the bilateral cooperation. The Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the next V4+Israel summit meeting to be held in 2018 in the State of Israel. Budapest, 19 July 2017 3