French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Friday, September 2, that a bid by Palestinians to win UN recognition as a state would risk triggering a dangerous diplomatic confrontation.

Palestinians, frustrated by the failure of the frozen U.S.-sponsored peace process with Israel, plan to campaign for recognition at the UN General Assembly later this month.

"France hopes that they use the occasion for reopening the path to dialogue rather than risking a futile and dangerous diplomatic confrontation," Juppe told an annual gathering of French ambassadors, AFP reported.