Qurei to Blair: No Agreement with Israel without Jerusalem

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There will be no Palestinian – Israeli final peace agreement that excludes east Jerusalem, chief Palestinian negotiator Ahamd Ahmad Qurei told the envoy of the international mediators of the UN, US, EU and Russia, Tony Blair, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Any final peace deal reached with Israel must include all the permanent status issues, mainly Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian state, and the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, Qurei said after the meeting with Blair.

Blair has expressed to Qurei his understanding of the Palestinian position and readiness of the Quartet to play an active role in negotiations and stressed his rejection of the persisting expansion of the Israeli illegal colonial settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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