MOSCOW — Russia and the United Nations vowed Thursday to resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, whose prospects collapsed following Israel's announcement it would build new homes in east Jerusalem.
Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that Friday's meeting of the so-called Quartet of international mediators in Moscow should help restart talks.
"There is no other alternative to direct peace talks," Ban said after a meeting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Lavrov said that the main goal of the mediators – Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union – is to persuade Israel and the Palestinians to resume talks.
He said the Quartet would issue a strong joint statement when their Moscow meeting concludes Friday.
"Quartet members are fully committed to end their meeting with a very concrete, clear document that that will confirm all previous decisions of the world community about conditions and parameters of direct talks between Israel and Palestinians," Lavrov said.
UN, Russia intent on restarting peace
Friday, March 19, 2010
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