(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Ali El-Saleh - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told Asharq Al-Awsat that in return for withdrawing the draft resolution, Obama offered Abbas the issuance of a non-binding UN resolution chiding Israel, support for a Russian proposal for a visit to the Palestinian territories for the 15 UN Security Council members to determine the course of events and settlement activity there, and a promise that the forthcoming international Quartet statement would include a reference to the 1967 borders.
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