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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. (Reuters) Last update - 23:09 16/02/2008 PMO negotiations staff to meet for first time Sunday in J'lem By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ehud Olmert, Ahmed Qureia  The Prime Minister's Office negotiations staff entrusted with conducting peace talks with the Palestinian Authority will meet for the first time in Jerusalem on Sunday in order to outline the civilian aspects of the negotiations. The negotiations staff will be headed by Israel Defense Forces Brigadier-General Udi Dekel, and will include senior officials from the Defense Ministry, the Treasury, the Environment Ministry, the Public Security Ministry, the Justice Ministry, and the National Infrastructure Ministry. The team will seek to form work groups that will be tasked with tackling the civilian aspects of the negotiations. Dekel is expected to invite civilian experts from the relevant government ministries to the talks in an effort to formulate Jerusalem's starting positions in the negotiations. The team will focus on administrative work dealing with the core issues of the conflict - Jerusalem, refugees, and borders - as well as matters including security arrangements, water, infrastructure, environmental issues, the judiciary system, and economic ties between Israel and the forthcoming Palestinian state. Advertisement The Israeli team's objective is to designate a working staff for each issue as it relates to the civilian day-to-day matters in talks with the Palestinians. The staff negotiations are meant to commence soon, however a final decision on the matters has yet to be made with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet later this week as part of their regular follow-up discussions regarding the final-status negotiations being held in parallel. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is heading those talks for Israel opposite top Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia. Livni and Qureia are due to meet at least twice during the upcoming week. While the "core issues" teams headed by Livni and Qureia continue their talks "in secret," Israel would like the staff teams' negotiations to attract more media coverage so as to build momentum and demonstrate the progression of the peace process. Related articles: Israel, PA negotiators oppose PM's bid to delay talks on Jerusalem Sarkozy to tell Olmert: Now is the time for peace with Palestinians Livni tells Rice: Qassams must stop before end of peace talks Brig.-Gen. Udi Dekel appointed to head PMO negotiations staff Bookmark to del.icio.us   Seeking refuge 123 Sudanese refugees infiltrate Israel from Egypt overnight. Bracing for terror Israel, U.S. fear retaliatory strikes after killing of Mughniyah.   1.   In the dead of night,these crooks are signing away our future. 03:52  |  bat yam 17/02/08   2.   What???????? 03:57  |  Jack 17/02/08   3.   Israeli Leaders respond to DAILY WAR on Sderot with Great REWARDS 06:12  |  Linda Rivera 17/02/08   4.   Everyone knows talks are held in secret because they are EVIL and 06:24  |  Linda Rivera 17/02/08

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