Fri, 03 Dec 2010
Amman - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Friday evening in Amman with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle with the two expressing concern about the current standstill in the Mideast peace process.
Sources who attended the meeting cited Westerwelle as saying that "standstill is regression" amid the suspension of the direct Israeli- Palestinian talks over the issue of a stop on Israeli settlements construction.
The Berlin minister also said that the "window of opportunity" between Israel and the Palestinians should not be passed up, the sources said about what is Westerwelle's first-ever meeting with Abbas in the region.
Westerwelle had been in the Mideast in November but had not had a chance then to meet with the Palestinian leader.
In the talks Friday, the Palestinian side appealed for support from the European Union to help the peace talks to be continued.
EU foreign ministers are set to meet in mid-December to review developments in the Middle East.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/356482,palestinian-president-meet-jordan.html.
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