+4:3 UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-Moon meets Abbas and Peres
(1 Feb 2012) SHOTLIST POOL ++4:3++ Ramallah, West Bank 1. Various of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meeting UN chief Ban Ki-moon AP TELEVISION ++16:9++ Ramallah, West Bank 2. Wide shot press conference 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General: "President Abbas and I discussed the ongoing tensions, including continued settlement activity and settler violence. The UN's position is clear: all Israeli settlements are contrary to the international law and prejudice final status issues." 4. Cutaway 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General: "I also note with appreciation the Palestinians have been forthcoming in presenting concrete proposals on territory and security as called for by the quartet. I very much hope that the Israelis will now present its proposals." 6. Cutaway 7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President: "We never closed the door to negotiations - we always aimed at having negotiations. Israel has not proposed any encouraging proposals in order for us to proceed with negotiations. When the time comes and Israel proposes something that can be a basis for negotiations, then we will be ready to go back to the negotiations. Until now they have not proposed anything. We will be waiting." 8. End of presser POOL ++16:9++ Jerusalem, 1 February 2012 9. Wide of Israeli President Shimon Peres meeting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Israeli President Shimon Peres "The window I see as the most promising one is the Palestinian window. I don't see any other window that we can act in a compact and controlled way. I do believe that we can make peace with the President of the Palestinian leadership. I think that both President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad are serious people. I don't think we shall find better ones." 4. Cutaway 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister: "It is now time to come to serious talks. Not to finish the dialogue but to extend the dialogue and to open a new chapter in negotiation and in the dialogue and therefore I think both sides have really responsibility on their shoulders and it is very important that we understand that we can only solve the situation if we sometimes put on the glasses of the other partner in this dialogue." 6. Wide of Peres and Westerwelle STORYLINE Israel must halt settlement building and present detailed proposals for a border with a future Palestinian state, visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday, as he tried to persuade the Palestinians to continue low-level meetings with Israel. Ban praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his leadership and publicly backed him on key issues, including the demand for a freeze of settlement building on occupied lands the Palestinians want for their state. With Abbas by his side, the UN chief affirmed that "all Israeli settlements are contrary to international law" and "prejudice the outcome of a final peace deal." At the same time, Ban urged the Palestinian leader not to let the current peace efforts lose momentum. The dialogue on borders and security arrangements began last month, at the urging of the Quartet of MidEast mediators - the US, the UN, the EU and Russia - which asked both sides to submit detailed proposals. The Quartet has said it wants to see a final deal by the end of the year. "I also note with appreciation the Palestinians have been forthcoming in presenting concrete proposals on territory and security as called for by the quartet," said Ban. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
