adminRAMALLAH. — A top Palestinian negotiator yesterday said peace talks with Israel were “difficult and complicated”, after a meeting between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
“The situation is still very difficult and matters are complicated,” Saeb Erakat told AFP.
“Abbas met Kerry for four hours and discussed issues including security. We hope Israel will stick to its commitments and be forced to stop settlement building. Settlements are the reason for the difficulties in negotiations,” he said.
Kerry met Abbas at the president’s headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah after a more than three-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US top diplomat reiterated the importance of Israel’s security, which was the focus of his first visit to the region since signing an historic nuclear deal with Iran, an accord which angered the Israelis. — AFP.
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