RAMALLAH, January 1, 2012 (WAFA) – Quartet representatives will meet with Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in the Jordanian capital Amman on Tuesday, according to Mohammad al-Kayed, spokesman for the Jordanian foreign ministry.
The Jordanian news agency Petra Sunday quoted Kayed as saying that the aim of the meeting is “to reach common ground to resume direct negotiations between the two sides.”
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat confirmed the meeting will take place.
He expressed in a statement his appreciation to the invitation of King Abdullah II “to meet with Quartet and with the parties in Amman.”
“This invitation is part of ongoing Jordanian efforts to compel Israel to comply with its international legal obligations and those under the Quartet Road Map, specifically its obligation to freeze all settlement construction in all the occupied Palestinian territory, including occupied East Jerusalem,” said Erekat.
He called upon Israel to “seize this opportunity to stop all settlement construction, accept the two-state solution on the 1967 border, and release Palestinian prisoners, in order to have the conducive environment called for under the Quartet Statement of 23 September 2011, for meaningful and credible talks.”
Israel’s negotiator Yitzhak Molcho will represent the Israeli government in these talks.
Kayed said the Israelis and Palestinians would meet bilaterally as well as with the Quartet, which is composed of the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia.
If the talks do take place, it will be the first time the two sides sit on the same table since the negotiations reached a deadlock in over a year.
Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
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