By NNN-KUNA,
Ramallah : Palestinian top negotiator Ahmad Qurei has said that hopes to reach a peace agreement with Israel end of this year have vanished.
Qurei, addressing a gathering of the Fatah movement Tuesday, said the situation was vague as for the situation with the Israelis which had just elected Tzipi Livni as head of the Kadima party. Livni has been assigned to form a new government.
Hopes to reach a peace deal with the Israelis end of 2008 have evaporated, he said.
Israeli political sources noted Tuesday that Qurei might be meeting Livni next week, when the new Kadima party chairperson would inform Qurei about the freeze of negotiations until after the formation of her government.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been meeting since last year’s Annapolis peace conference.