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Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lead the negotiations with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending, Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:01 September 6, 2010
- Image Credit: AFP
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel (R) sits next to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority (L) during an event in the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.
Cairo: The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm Al Shaikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
At the relaunching of the talks in Washington on Thursday, US mediator George Mitchell said the coming round would be held on those dates in the region, without specifying an exact venue, and that the two sides would meet every two weeks.
"Egypt will host the second round of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations in Sharm Al Shaikh," Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lead the negotiations with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending, Zaki added.
Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel, has long played a mediation role but has often criticised Israel for colony building. The talks are also backed by Jordan.
Arab foreign ministers are expected to endorse the direct talks at the Arab League's second annual meeting, scheduled to take place in Cairo on September 13
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