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The Palestinian Authority is working hard to convince the Quartet to issue a statement after its upcoming meeting in which it recognizes the two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borders, Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Thursday.
Such a declaration must include recognition of east Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and finding a just solution to the case of the Palestinian refugees on the basis of UN resolution 194, Erekat said.
He denied that US special Middle East envoy George Mitchell was planning to visit Ramallah shortly for talks with Palestinian officials on ways of resuming the stalled peace process with Israel.
No one talked to us about such a visit, Erekat said. David Hale, who works as Mitchells assistant, will come to Ramallah together with representatives of the Quartet next week.
Read more: jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211601