By Xinhua,
Gaza : Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat announced on Saturday that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet in Ramallah on Sunday with President Mahmoud Abbas.
Rice has arrived in Israel on Saturday for holding talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on the recent development of thepeace negotiations between the two sides.
Erekat told reporters that Rice will meet with Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday to discuss with him the outcomes of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that began after holding Annapolis peace conference held in late November.
Meanwhile, Israeli Radio, Arabic service reported on Saturday that Abbas will convene on Monday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to follow up the results of their peace negotiations.
Erekat said “settlements’ expansion in the West Bank, the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and the Egyptian efforts to agree on a mutual ceasefire are the subjects that will be discussed with both Rice and Olmert.”
“The continuation of settlements, land confiscation and keeping on expansions and annexations undermines the principle of two” Israeli and Palestinian statehood,” negotiator Saeb Erekat said.