Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Wednesday expressed hope
that substantial progress will be made in the upcoming Washington
conference on Middle East peace.
The talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis have yielded
positive progress recently, as the situation moves in a direction
favorable to promoting the peace process, Yang said at a meeting
with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the
62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Abbas briefed Yang on the political preparations for the
upcoming Middle East peace conference in Washington, saying the
Palestinian side will be working jointly with relevant parties
trying to achieve substantial results at the gathering.
(Xinhua News Agency September 27, 2007)
