New York, Ramadan 24, 1437, June 29, 2016, SPA -- Italy and the Netherlands propose to split a two-year term on the UN Security Council after the two countries tied with the same number of votes in a contested race to attain a non-permanent seat on the council, according to dpa. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders says that Italy would serve a one-year term in 2017 and the Netherlands would sit on the council in 2018. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni says the proposal is symbolic because it's a "message of unity between two European countries." The Western European regional group will discuss the proposal on Wednesday. The decision comes after neither of the countries could attain the two-thirds majority vote needed with both receiving 95 votes in the fifth round of voting. --SPA 00:54 LOCAL TIME 21:54 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w