By IRNA,
Berlin : Israelis and Palestinians have been invited to start direct talks in Washington on September 2, said a statement from Middle East Quartet issued by European Union in Brussels Friday.
“The Quartet calls on the Israelis and the Palestinians to join in launching direct negotiations … to resolve all final status issues and fulfil the aspirations of both parties,” the EU said in an official statement on behalf of the so-called Mideast Quartet, comprised of Russia, the United Nations, the United States and the EU.
The European body stressed its support for Israelis and Palestinians in these talks which could “be completed within one year.”
The EU called also on both parties “to observe calm and restraint, and to refrain from provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric.”
The US and the EU had arm-twisted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accept unconditional talks with the Zionist regime.