Middle East Quartet to Met over Israeli Illegal Settlement

Cairo, 2 Muharram 1438/3 October 2016 (MINA) – A meeting is expected to be held by the Middle East Quartet in Cairo on Monday to discuss initiatives to stop the Israeli illegal settlement activity across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo, Jamal al-Shoubaki, said the meeting comes at the request of the Palestinians in an attempt to push for a resolution by the U.N. Security Council urging Israel to stop illegal settlement and to end the occupation of Palestine within a specific schedule, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported.

The Quartet will examine the different possibilities to stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinians. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is expected to chair the meeting.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Malki, Jordanian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bisher Khasawneh, and the General Secretary of the Arab League Ahmad Aboul-Gheit, along with a Moroccan delegate, are set to join in.(T/P008/R07)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)