Saturday, March 6, 2010
US envoy and Israel's Barak discuss peace talks restart
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and US envoy George Mitchell held discussions on Saturday about reviving Middle East peace talks, the minister's office said.
"During a one-and-a-half hour meeting at the home of the defence minister in Tel Aviv, Ehud Barak and George Mitchell discussed the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians," a ministry statement said without giving further details.
Mitchell arrived in the region on Saturday for a visit during which he is to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
US Vice President Joe Biden is also due to arrive here early next week.
Arab foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to back one last round of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks despite scepticism over Israel's readiness to revive peace efforts, Arab League chief Amr Mussa said.
The administration of US President Barack Obama has struggled to revive talks between the Palestinians and Israel, suspended at the beginning of the Jewish state's offensive against Hamas in Gaza last winter.
"During a one-and-a-half hour meeting at the home of the defence minister in Tel Aviv, Ehud Barak and George Mitchell discussed the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians," a ministry statement said without giving further details.
Mitchell arrived in the region on Saturday for a visit during which he is to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
US Vice President Joe Biden is also due to arrive here early next week.
Arab foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to back one last round of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks despite scepticism over Israel's readiness to revive peace efforts, Arab League chief Amr Mussa said.
The administration of US President Barack Obama has struggled to revive talks between the Palestinians and Israel, suspended at the beginning of the Jewish state's offensive against Hamas in Gaza last winter.
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