Palestinian negotiator denies Olmert's remarks about progress in peace talks

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/16/content_8556858.htm Palestinian negotiator denies Olmert's remarks about progress in peace talks www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-16 19:03:42 Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations RAMALLAH, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's remarks about progress in the peace talks with the Palestinians were untrue, a Palestinian official said Wednesday. Olmert's recent statements made during the Euro-Mediterranean summit in Paris "were only words for the media," said the Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo. "The Palestinian side did not feel any progress either in the daily-life issues or the final-status issues," Abed Rabbo added. The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were resumed at a U.S.-hosted conference in November 2007. Since then, no much breakthrough has been made... [read full story]