Dr. Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator, expressed his appreciation to the invitation of His Majesty King Abdallah II to meet with Quartet and with the parties in Amman.

“This invitation is part of ongoing Jordanian efforts to compel Israel to comply with its international legal obligations and those under the Quartet Road Map, specifically its obligation to freeze all settlement construction in all the occupied Palestinian territory, including occupied East Jerusalem.”

Dr. Erekat called upon Israel to “seize this opportunity to stop all settlement construction, accept the two-state solution on the 1967 border, and release Palestinian prisoners, in order to have the conducive environment called for under the Quartet Statement of 23 September 2011, for meaningful and credible talks.”