U.S. Mideast Envoy: Two Years or Less for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

(Reuters) George Mitchell, the U.S. Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations should take no longer than two years and could be finished sooner than that. He said an Israel-Syria track could operate in parallel with an Israeli-Palestinian track. PA leader Mahmoud Abbas signaled on Monday that he is considering a proposal to relaunch stalled Middle East peace talks at a U.S.-backed summit with Israeli and Egyptian leaders early in the new year.


2010-01-07 08:45:40

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