Obama and Abbas on the Middle East peace talks, the phone
WASHINGTON, July 9 Xinhua (AP Jiang Guopeng) The White House said in a statement on the 9th, the day U.S. President Barack Obama with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas telephone to discuss issues such as the Middle East peace talks.
the White House said in a statement, Obama and Abbas in the near future on how to promote direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel were discussed. Obama said the U.S. special envoy Mitchell will soon travel to the region on the relevant issues and President Abbas.
statement, Obama also talked about the recent situation in Gaza and the West Bank there's some improvement, the restraint shown by Palestinians and Israelis and the Palestinian-Israeli progress in indirect negotiations and other issues.
Palestine and Israel indirect talks began early in May. Obama has been trying to get into the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, direct negotiations indirectly. He was on the 6th of this month and held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made after the hope that Palestine and Israel can be in September, also announced last year of Israel's West Bank Jewish settlements Jianshedongjie period expires, start direct negotiations.
