Ashton to chair Mideast Quartet meeting in Munich
BRUSSELS. Jan 31 (Interfax) - The Quartet on the Middle East will hold a meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, chaired by European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on Saturday, February 1, her spokesperson said in Brussels.
"This meeting takes place at a moment when difficult and bold decisions need to be made. The dividends of peace for Israelis and Palestinians are enormous. I hope that together we can help those decisions to become reality and to continue working towards a negotiated peace agreement, setting an end to the conflict and fulfilling the legitimate aspirations of both parties," Ashton said on the eve of the meeting in Munich.
The Middle East quartet meeting will be attended by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, United States Secretary of State John Kerry, and the Quartet Special Representative Tony Blair.
The negotiating group of the Middle East Quartet includes the UN, the EU, Russia and the U.S.
