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Jordan stresses Quartet’s role in reviving peace process

02 April 2012 18:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Jordan’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the international Quartet plays a key role in supporting efforts to make progress in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, state-run Petra news agency reported, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh underlined the need for continued efforts to end the impasse in the talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

The minister made the remarks at a meeting with Tony Blair, the representative of the Quartet, which groups the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States.

During their discussion on efforts to restart the peace process, the two stressed the creation of an independent Palestinian state based on the two-state solution and the 2002 Arab peace overture as the ultimate goal of the peace talks.

The 2002 Arab peace overture offers Israel normal ties with the Arabs in return for withdrawal from territories it occupied in 1967.