The top Palestinian diplomat at the United Nations Riyad Mansour, said the Palestinians still want the Quartet of Mideast mediators to agree on the outlines of a final peace settlement proposed by key European nations.
Mansour told The Associated Press in an interview late Thursday that the Palestinians still were prepared to go back to talks with Israel. The latest U.S. attempt to restart negotiations broke down in September, only weeks after being launched.
"The Palestinian leadership have indicated willingness to go back to negotiations" with Israel if the Quartet — made up of the U.S., U.N., European Union and Russia — agreed on the outlines of a settlement proposed by Britain, France and Germany.
"We want them to play an active role, we want them to adopt parameters as a contribution to removing obstacle (cq) from the path of going back to direct negotiations, and we hope that the Quartet would succeed in doing so as soon as possible."