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Israel for 4-way summit on talks with
Palestinians: Official
Saturday April 27, 2013 09:56:46 PM,
IANS
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Ramallah:
A senior Palestinian official said Saturday that Israel has
proposed holding a four-way summit to sponsor the resumption of
the stalled Mideast peace talks with the Palestinians.
US Secretary of State John Kerry had briefed Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Turkey last week on details
of the proposal, in which US President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordanian King Abdullah II along with
Abbas will participate, the official told Xinhua on condition of
anonymity.
Abbas informed Kerry that he welcomes the idea but before joining
any summit, Israel has to implement its commitments, he added.
The Palestinians demanded Israel to halt settlement building in
the Palestinian territories and east Jerusalem, recognize the
principle of the two-state solution and release prisoners in
Israeli jails, who were detained before 1993.
The Israeli proposal was made almost one month after Kerry's visit
to the region to try to resume the peace talks between Israel and
the Palestinians which had stopped in October 2010.
Meanwhile, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat declined to
make any comment on the proposal, saying: "The Palestinian stance
is clear that the international efforts to resume the peace talks
are welcomed but need an Israeli commitment to halt settlement and
recognize the borders of the Palestinian state."
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