Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet for the first time in more than a year in Jordan on Tuesday to discuss stalled peace talks, the Jordanian foreign ministry said on Sunday. "Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday will host a meeting including the Quartet as well as Israeli and Palestinian officials," ministry spokesman Mohammad Kayed said.
"The minister will also host a separate meeting between Israeli and Palestinian officials." Kayed said the meeting would be "a serious effort to find a common ground to resume direct talks" between the Palestinians and Israel, which has a 1994 peace treaty with Jordan.
In Ramallah, a source close to the talks told AFP that Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat and his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Molcho would meet in Jordan under the auspices of the so-called Quartet of major diplomatic players.
"The meeting will discuss the visions of the Palestinian and Israeli sides for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that have been on hold since September 2010," the source added. Israel confirmed that Molcho would go to the Amman meeting, although it made no direct reference to meeting the Palestinians.
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