Obama To Meet With Palestinian President Before U.N. Assembly

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to meet US President Barack Obama next week, ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.

At their September 23 meeting, the two men will discuss peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, which resumed earlier this year after a three year hiatus, the sources said.

The announcement came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Obama on September 30 for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, the negotiations with the Palestinians and other regional issues.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been holding talks in secret since August after marathon efforts by US Secretary of State John Kerry brought them back to the table. The last round of direct talks between the two sides collapsed in September 2010.

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[libdem4life]

1. Could this possibly be political momentum? We've seen it just this week in Syria/Summers, but if

Obama and Kerry could make significant progress here ... Lots of Hope here hoping for some Change ... will settle for steady incremental progress, however.

[babylonsister]

2. Good. Talk to everyone, President Obama! nt