Kuwaiti Foreign Minister to hold Palestinian reconciliation talks
Date
:17 Jan 2010 Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad As-Sabah said that a reconciliation meeting will be held within the next ten days between President Mahmoud Abbas and senior-most Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al, Kuwaiti media reported on Sunday.
"A meeting will join Abbas and Mash'al, aimed at accomplishing the reconciliation proposal backed by Egypt. Hamas rules itself and all discussions concerning affiliations to other sides are false," Sheikh As-Sabah told the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabs.
As-Sabbah further said that the peace process is at a precarious stage as Israel is governed by a "gauche and insane" prime minister, and expressed concern for the internal Palestinian division, the basis of Arab disagreement at present.
"There is no [new Arab-Israeli peace plan]. The initiative proposed by the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz and approved at the Beirut Summit is our focus. This initiative focuses on comprehensive peace and total end of the [Israeli] occupation. We are now activating this plan and not seeking any alternative." Source: Ma'an