 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Cairo (AFP) Dec 8, 2010 Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on the weekend after the United States failed to persuade Israel to freeze settlements, Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Wednesday. The Arab League Follow-up Committee will meet Saturday or Sunday at the request of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Mussa told reporters at Arab League headquarters in the Egyptian capital. "President Abbas asked the head of the follow-up committee... to call for a meeting to discuss future Arab action in light of the letter he received today from the American administration concerning its failure to convince Israel to freeze the settlements," Mussa said. Arab League officials said Abbas was expected to arrive in Egypt on Wednesday and would meet Mussa for talks later in the evening. Abbas is to discuss the peace process on Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the Palestinian ambassador to Cairo, Barakat al-Farra told the MENA news agency earlier. Washington admitted on Tuesday that it has dropped a demand that Israel renew a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the Palestinian condition for any resumption of direct peace talks. Abbas reacted to the news saying that the peace process was in crisis.
Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links
US admits failure on settlements freezeWashington (AFP) Dec 7, 2010 The United States on Tuesday suspended its demand for Israel to renew a freeze on Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, throwing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks into deeper disarray. President Barack Obama presided over the relaunch of direct negotiations in Washington in September, only to see them bog down within weeks when an Israeli settlement moratorium expired and the Palestinia ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook
