WEST BANK: EU Foreign Relations Chief Catherine Ashton meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in an effort to renew peace talks with Israel

Record ID: 566396

  • Title: WEST BANK: EU Foreign Relations Chief Catherine Ashton meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in an effort to renew peace talks with Israel
  • Date: 28th August 2011
  • Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (AUGUST 27, 2011) (REUTERS POOL) PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER SALAM FAYYAD ARRIVING AHEAD OF A MEETING WITH EU'S FOREIGN RELATIONS CHIEF CATHERINE ASHTON RAMADAN LANTERN FAYYAD STANDING CAMERAMAN ASHTON ARRIVING GREETING FAYYAD SECURITY PERSONNEL
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: West bank, West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2OY1LG241SA7IRNBQOTAN66RM
  • Story Text: European Union Foreign Relations Chief Catherine Ashton on Saturday (August 27) met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
    Ashton is travelling to Israel and the occupied West Bank "to renew her call for a return to the negotiating table and urgent progress in the Middle East Peace Process", a statement issued by her office said.
    Palestinian-Israeli peace talks collapsed following Israel's refusal to renew a moratorium on settlement building in occupied territory.
    On Sunday (August 28) Ashton will attend an inauguration ceremony for the construction of a Palestinian security compound in the West Bank city of Jenin.
    Later on Sunday Ashton will meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
    She is also schedule to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
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