  {"id":198488,"date":"2015-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=198488"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:36:37","slug":"auto-insert-198488","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198488\/","title":{"rendered":"Press statement by Quartet Envoys &#8211; UNSCO press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Press Statement by the Middle East Quartet Envoys<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>Cairo, 1 July 2015<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On 29 and 30 June, Envoys of the Middle East Quartet met in Cairo as the first step in their regular and direct outreach to Arab states. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Over the two days, the Envoys from the EU, Russia, US and UN met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil el-Araby, and National Security Advisor Fayza Abou el-Naga.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Discussions focused on ways to advance the two-state solution, and on how to create the conditions for the return to meaningful negotiations. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Quartet Envoys underlined the pivotal role Egypt plays in achieving a sustainable and just Israeli-Palestinian peace and noted the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative for a comprehensive resolution of the conflict.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Consultations also included constructive exchanges on the current situation on the ground. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Envoys strongly condemned the cowardly assassination of the Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat and expressed their sincere condolences to the Egyptian Government and people.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">ENDS<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsco.org\/Documents\/Statements\/Quartet\/2015\/Quartet%20Statement%201%20July%202015.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.unsco.org\/Documents\/Statements\/Quartet\/2015\/Quartet%20Statement%201%20July%202015.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Statement by the Middle East Quartet Envoys &nbsp; 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