Israeli-Egyptian Mideast Talks Produce No Breakthroughs
VOA News 04 November 2010
Israeli leaders and a high-ranking Egyptian official have wrapped up meetings on the Mideast peace process with no word of a breakthrough in efforts to revive direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres held talks Thursday with visiting Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. At the start of a meeting, Suleiman said his government was very concerned about moving the peace process forward.
Suleiman and the Israeli officials discussed efforts to revive direct talks, which stalled after an Israeli settlement moratorium expired in September. Palestinians have insisted they will not return to the talks while Israeli building continues on land they want as part of a future state.
Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with a high-level Egyptian delegation that included Suleiman and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The meeting ended with no breakthrough.
Reuters news agency quotes Gheit as saying Thursday that he will visit Washington Tuesday in another effort to revive direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
At an October meeting, Arab League leaders said they would give the United States until early November to resolve the impasse before reconvening to consider alternatives.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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