US Middle East envoy George Mitchell and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are making efforts in Middle East to save the peace talks. Both are having a series of meetings with Israeli Prime minister and Palestinian President to find common ground between them to enable the direct negotiations to continue. Speaking to reporters after about two hours of talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah yesterday, George Mitchell said that he would strive intensively in the next few days to rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from the brink of collapse. Earlier he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and said that both sides have a historic mission to continue what he described as good talks. Keeping up the pressure, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton also met Abbas ahead of today’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ashton’s spokesman said she supported the Palestinian position on the settlements freeze during their meeting. Demanding extension of Israeli freeze on Jewish settlement activities in occupied Palestinian areas, the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas had said that he will consult with the 22-member Arab League next Monday on how to proceed on peace talks which was resumed on 2nd of last month in Washington.