Clinton meets with 'quartet' on Middle East peace

Posted By P.J. Aroon Friday, March 19, 2010 - 10:50 PM Share

From left, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (special envoy for the "quartet" on Middle East peace), Secretary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton attend a news conference after talks in Moscow today. The quartet on Middle East peace -- the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, and Russia -- urged the Israeli government to "freeze all settlement activity" and was "deeply concerned" about "the continuing deterioration in Gaza," Ban said.

Complete remarks are here.

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