[An Nahar] The Israeli and Paleostinian delegations to renewed peace talks have agreed in principle to continue negotiations for at least nine months, the U.S. State Department said Monday.
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"They have all agreed to focus on having talks not just for the sake of talks, but this is the beginning of direct final status negotiations on a nine-month, at least a nine-month, timetable," Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
"They have agreed to work together through the course of that time," she added, speaking as the delegations arrived in Washington ahead of a dinner to mark the resumption of talks.
The United States invited the parties to a new round of talks in order to revive the stalled grinding of the peace processor, which last came to a halt in September 2010.
Psaki said the nine-month window was "not a deadline."
"This is an agreement that they will work together for at least that time period on this effort," she said. |