The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, who is Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Arab Peace Initiative, and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Al Arabi, with other officials of the Arab Peace Initiative at a consultative meeting in Washington, yesterday, ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. During the meeting, the leaders discussed latest developments of the Arab initiative and efforts by the Peace Initiative Committee under the chairmanship of Qatar, in addition to efforts for a joint and unified Arab position to reach a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue.
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry hosted talks with top Arab League officials yesterday as he pursued painstaking efforts aimed at revitalising the Middle East peace process.
The new top US diplomat has devoted time and energy to trying to find a way out of the impasse and bring all sides back to the negotiating table since taking office on February 1.
He has travelled three times to the region, meeting senior Israeli and Palestinian officials as well as Egyptian, Saudi, Jordanian, and Qatari leaders, in a bid to revive the peace talks, which last collapsed in late 2010.
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, chair of the Arab Peace Initiative follow-up committee, headed the delegation, which also included Palestinian foreign affairs minister Riyad Al Maliki and Arab League chief Nabil Al Arabi.
“I think it’s an important meeting, an important era, which we hope will lead to peace, a comprehensive peace between the Arabs and the Israelis,” the prime minister said at the start of the talks.
AFP
