March 2, 2011 8:21 PM

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Mideast Quartet officials to arrive in Israel in bid to restart peace talks

Mideast Quartet officials are due to arrive in Israel next week in order to discuss new efforts to restart peace negotiations with the Palestinians.According to Israeli Media Haaretz, representatives of the Quartet of Middle East negotiators – the United States, United Nations, Russia, and European Union – will meet in Brussels in order to discuss possible steps to renew the peace process.Israeli and Palestinian representatives were invited to the meeting. However Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decided not to cooperate and not send his adviser and peace talks representative Yitzhak Molcho to Brussels. The Palestinians have sent Saeb Erekat, who recently resigned from his position as chief Palestinian negotiator. Israeli Prime Minister told the Quartet members that he will only send his adviser Molcho if there would be a joint meeting between him and Erekat, but the Palestinians opposed the idea and demanded separate meetings.

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