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1st LD: Middle East Quartet vows to jump-start peace process

Xinhua, October 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Middle East Quartet on Wednesday announced the intention of another-round efforts to jump-start the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians, reaffirming the "steadfast commitment" to achieving a two-state solution.

The Quartet is a diplomatic group which includes the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States in search of the two-state solution, which, widely backed by the international community, means a secure Israel to live in peace with an independent State of Palestine.

"The Quartet emphasizes the importance of constructive international contributions to advancing a comprehensive peace, and affirmed that it will continue its outreach efforts," said a statement issued here.

The statement came after a meeting of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Federica Mogherini, the European Union high representative for common foreign and security policy, which took place here on the sidelines of the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly. Endit