The United States says continue to promote direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 Xinhua (AP Jiang Guopeng) U.S. State Department spokesman 菲利普克劳 Lee 13, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the evening of 12 leaders of the Middle East with the phone, continue to promote Pakistan to begin direct negotiations.
Crowley in the micro-Bo (http://t.sina.com.cn) off "Twitter," posted a message saying: "Clinton's Secretary of State discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began negotiations need to address the issue directly ∷ Linton Secretary of State also met with Jordanian Foreign Minister and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Zhu reached on the details of the talks on the phone. "
Palestine and Israel brokered by the United States started in May of this year indirect peace talks, has not made any real progress. Recently, the United States on the Palestinian-Israeli pressure to them 9 months ago by the indirect negotiations to direct negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed its willingness to immediately engage in direct negotiations, but refused to set any preconditions for negotiations. The Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly reiterated that if the indirect negotiations and border security can not make progress on key issues such as the Palestinian side will not enter direct negotiations.
But Abbas hinted at on the 9th, if direct negotiations about the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, the United States, European Union and Russia) in March based on the statement, he will likely attend.
the Middle East, the Quartet issued a statement was in March, called on Israel to halt all settlement construction, the Palestinians and Israelis in the 24 months to reach a peace agreement, and the Palestinians before the 1967 Middle East war based on the boundary nation-building.
Media reports said that the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy 凯瑟琳阿什 Dayton, said recently that the Middle East quartet may be the next week issued a statement reiterating the contents of the statement in March, giving the Palestinian-Israeli in the September brings the possibility of direct negotiations before the start.
