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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Mideast Quartet to discuss stymied peace process AFP - Sunday, November 9 SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - The Middle East peace Quartet gathers in Egypt on Saturday to hear Israel and the Palestinians report on progress in peace talks currently stymied by elections in the US and Israel. The meeting of the US, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations in Sharm el-Sheikh comes after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted she did not expect a breakthrough before Barack Obama moves into the White House. The slow-moving peace process has been further affected by the political turmoil surrounding the resignation of Israel's scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, that led to the scheduling of snap elections for February. Rice will arrive from Israel and hold bilateral talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday before group talks, including with UN chief Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday. Rice has tacitly admitted that Israel and the Palestinians are unlikely to reach a peace deal by the time US President George W. Bush's mandate ends on January 20, despite earlier pledges to seek agreement by the end of this year. "The distance to peace has been narrowed although peace has not been achieved," she said after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank on Friday during her 19th visit to the Middle East in two years. In the absence of an accord, Rice is pushing the two sides to define the outlines of a deal before she hands over the thorny Middle East dossier to an Obama administration. "One of the things we must do is that we must show... that Annapolis has laid the foundation for the establishment of the state of Palestine," she said. Rice had played a key role in reviving the peace process at a conference in Annapolis, Maryland, one year ago after a seven-year hiatus. "The Annapolis process is vital, it is vibrant and it continues," she said, even though little tangible process has been achieved, with core issues dealing with the status of Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the borders of a future Palestinian state still to be resolved. Rice criticised continued construction activity in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it damaging to the atmosphere of negotiations -- "and the parties' actions should encourage confidence, not undermine it." French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, representing the EU at the Mideast Quartet talks, said on Friday that he hopes to see both sides "make concrete gestures to change the situation on the ground." He called for "a freeze of settlement, the reopening of Gaza, a lifting of travel restrictions, but also an end to all violence and the release of Gilad Shalit," the Israeli soldier held by militants in the Gaza Strip since 2006. The Quartet has long backed a peace deal that would see the establishment of an independent Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Paloma strengthens to Category Four hurricaneAFP - 27 minutes ago Hawaii County latest to make pot low priorityAP - 1 hour 16 minutes ago Rice tours flashpoint West Bank townAFP - 1 hour 17 minutes ago Worshippers hold a banner with the picture of Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, a revered Shiite religious leader and father of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-AP - 1 hour 37 minutes ago Iraq deputy PM says Iraqis still need USAP - 1 hour 46 minutes ago Enlarge Photo US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas leave following a joint press conference at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Middle East peace Quartet gathers in Egypt on Saturday to hear Israel and the Palestinians report on progress in peace talks currently stymied by elections in the US and Israel. Most Popular – World Viewed IMF sees recession in advanced economies in 2009 Among Obama's next challenges: his own security US doctors tell Liu Xiang he needs surgery Airline profits nosedive as leaders debate finance crisis Obama discusses global financial crisis with world leaders View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology

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