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Monday, January 6, 2014

Kerry Middle East trip end without a deal



Kerry Middle East trip end without a deal

After four days of diplomacy launched an ongoing basis , the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday returned home .

He insisted no progress despite failing to agree on a framework to guide Israeli-Palestinian talks , AFP reported .

In the tenth time to visit the region as secretary of state , Kerry spent countless hours doing separate meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas .

He also made ​​unannounced visits to Arab countries allied , Jordan and Saudi Arabia .

While the U.S. remains silent , little information

which appeared about Kerry proposal to bridge the gap between the two sides are steep when they attempt to draw a line between the two states living side by side .

According to a report published in the Israeli daily newspaper , Maariv , Kerry pressed Netanyahu to agree on a formula that allows the return of some Palestinian refugees , who fled or were expelled from Israel when the Jewish state was established in 1948 .

Netanyahumenolak agreed , Maariv said .

According to the paper , Israeli negotiators also intends to continue further negotiations after the deadline - which was agreed to in April , became in January 2015 , in exchange for freezing construction in the occupied West Bank .

Jordan and Saudi Arabia are the key to reaching an agreement .

Jordanian historic role in guarding the Muslim sites in Jerusalem, Israel annexed Arab east recognized in the 1994 peace agreement with Israel .

Saudi Arabia is the party who initiated the peace plan of 2002 , which became the basis for Arab aspirations in making any deal .

Kerry on Sunday night out of the residence of King Abdullah after talks and said he had the support of the influential Arab leader .

Kerry this week scheduled a meeting with key members of the Arab League to give exposure to those who talk about doing in Israel and the West Bank .

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