News - Palestine has not given up on negotiations with Israel, Abbas says

The way to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is through a political decision which is based on international resolutions, and it is Israel that refuses the peaceful way of ending the conflict, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told RIA Novosti. The path to universal peace and security is through a political decision based on international resolutions and the Arab peace initiative, Abbas emphasized. According to him, Palestine has not refused meetings with Israeli representatives. The state, he noted, has agreed several times to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, it is the Israeli side that has deviated from the path of peace, added Abbas.