Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:18AM GMT
The US President Barack Obama
The US President Barack Obama is set to meet the acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas as a new Middle East Quartet plot has emerged to dissuade the Palestinians from seeking recognition by the UN.
The PA is set to present its membership bid at the world body’s General Assembly, which is set to congregate in New York.
The Quartet, comprised of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia, however, are reportedly solidifying efforts to put a potential vote on the matter on hold, British newspaper The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
Washington has already warned it would veto the statehood bid.
The US commander-in-chief will meet Abbas on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN session in line with the Quartet’s plot, which is expected to have the UN Security Council adjourn action on the matter.
Simultaneously, the group would present a framework for renewal of talks between Israel and the PA that would include a so-called timeline for the birth of a Palestinian state.
On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and French President Nicolas Sarkozy also met the PA official, pressing him to accept the compromise.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is, meanwhile, slated to arrive in New York on Wednesday and hold a meeting with Obama before the US president’s scheduled meeting with Abbas.
GJH/HN
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/200303.html
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