Official sources: Abbas to meet Olmert on Sunday
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Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations
RAMALLAH, Aug. 27, 2008 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
and Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert may meet on Sunday, Palestinian
sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said that the Palestinian and the Israeli official shold
contacts to arrange for the meeting which will be the second between the two
men this month.
In the meeting, Abbas and Olmert will discuss the movement of peace
talks over the final-status issues such as the border, water, refugee,
security and the state of Jerusalem.
They will also talk about the U.S.-backed Road Map peace plan, mainly
the Israeli obligations of halting settlement activities onthe occupied
Palestinian land, according to the sources.
The negotiations are aimed at reaching a deal enabling the creation of a
Palestinian statehood alongside Israel. But the continuation of the
settlement activities blocks the progress of the talks and makes it
difficult to reach the deal before the end of this year.
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Abbas at his
office in Ramallah where she "proposed new ideas related to the peace
process," according to Nabil Abu Rdineh, the spokesman for the Palestinian
presidency.
Abu Rdineh did not reveal the new offers but said "the coming weeks will
be very decisive."
On Thursday, Abbas will pay an official visit to Lebanon, his office
said.