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Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad (L), poses with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a Berlin conference Tuesday. (AP) Last update - 11:32 26/06/2008 Plans underway for November Mideast peace summit in Moscow By Barak Ravid ,Haaretz Correspondent Tags: peace process  The Quartet of Middle East peacemakers decided this week pursue the organization of a regional conference in Moscow in November. The Quartet - comprised of Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union - reached the decision at a conference in Berlin on Tuesday meant to raise money for the Palestinian Authority. A Jerusalem source said Wednesday that the conference is to provide the stage either for the signing of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement or, in a much more likely scenario, a joint statement on the course of negotiations planned for 2009. Saeb Erekat, a senior member of the Palestinian negotiating team, said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Israel to Washington in July in order to speed up the talks between the sides. He said that the invitation was extended during a meeting in Berlin between Rice, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Ahmed Qureia, the head of the Palestinian negotiations team, and that the Palestinians accepted the invitation. Advertisement However, a senior Israeli source said that Rice wasn't interested in a summit, but rather a routine briefing meeting in light of the fact that she will not travel to the region in July as planned. Sources from the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry insisted on Wednesday that despite internal political affairs, negotiations with the Palestinians will go on. "We're continuing to work, to raise proposals and to exchange drafts," a source said. The Moscow conference is likely to take place at the foreign minister level, and will include representatives from several Middle Eastern countries, including Syria. Related articles: German conference seeks to bolster Palestinian police, courts Sarkozy to Knesset: Share Jerusalem with Palestinians Arab League: Construction in E. Jerusalem 'destroys' Israel-PA talks Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians see no point in peace talks Bookmark to del.icio.us   Haniyeh's plea Hamas leader in Gaza says rocket fire must stop for sake of Palestinians. Softening position Shin Bet agrees to free prisoners 'with blood on their hands' for Shalit.   1.   THe OFFICIAL Hamas view on peace conferences 11:43  |  PETER SM 26/06/08   2.   Maybe someone will have something new to say 13:34  |  Sam 26/06/08   3.   PEACE SUMMIT IN MOSCOW, MUST 16:01  |  Robert 26/06/08   4.   WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ISRAEL WANT TO GO TO MOSCOW FOR PIECE TALK 07:29  |  glenna 27/06/08   5.   Piece Conference 18:59  |  Jamie 27/06/08   6.   conference will be grand success, w/ iran by then dead. 23:27  |  frenz 28/06/08

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