Rice to attend Israeli-Palestinian talks: negotiator

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to attend Israel-Palestinian peace talks over the weekend, Saeb Erakat, one of the Palestinian negotiators, said on Monday.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qorei will sit down with Rice in Jerusalem on Sunday to assess the negotiations and their outcome to date, said Erakat.

In an interview published on Saturday, Qorei said Palestinians and Israelis will start preparing a document outlining the progress and differences in the peace negotiations.

Rice is to travel to Israel and the occupied West Bank from June 14 to 16 in a bid to provide fresh impetus to the peace talks.

During her trip she is scheduled to meet both Israeli Prime...