WRAP Arafat meets Chinese envoy, Erekat meets US envoy, reax

(13 Nov 2002) Ramallah 1. Wide shot Chinese envoy Wang Shijie about to go into building 2. Mid shot delegation 3. Mid shot damaged area of the headquarters 4. Delegation going inside building 5. Close up Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat 6. Pan across from Wang to Arafat 7. Long shot meeting Ramallah 8. Waang and Arafat leaving building 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader: "I'm very sorry to tell you that they are now continuing their military escalations and military crimes and it is not only against the Palestinians it is against all the United Nations resolutions and especially you know, now there is a meeting for the quartet (Europe, US, Russia, UN) beside the Dead Sea today, during the visit of Mr Satterfield. This is not only a challenge for the Palestinians but for the whole international world." 10. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin - Arabic translation) Waang Shijie, Chinese envoy: "The situation in the Middle East has gone down hill and peace process is facing so many difficulties but we still have to keep hoping. Now I want the media to send all the best wishes from the Chinese people to the Palestinian people." 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader: "He has to remember that I'm Yasser Arafat and this land is my land and the land of my grand, grand, grand fathers." 12. Arafat and Waang leaving presser Jericho 13. US envoy David Satterfield and Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat walking into meeting 14. Wide shot meeting Jericho 15. Satterfield and Erekat leaving meeting 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Satterfield, US Envoy: " We have emphasised once more the importance of bringing this terrible violence to a close so that the ability of all parties to restore a political process and dialogue can be moved forward as rapidly as possible. This is the interest of Palestinians and Israelis that the violence must stop." 17. Cutaway Satterfield leaving STORYLINE: Chinese and US envoys held separate meetings with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat on Wednesday to try and kick start the faltering peace process. Beijing's special envoy to the Middle East, Wang Shijie, met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at his Ramallah headquarters. The Chinese envoy is on a tour of the region to try to help resolve the conflict in the area. After Wang said that although the situation had worsened it was necessary to keep hoping that a solution could be found. Yasser Arafat condemned Israel's continuing military operations in the West Bank and accused the Israeli government of ignoring UN resolutions. Arafat also rejected Israeli Foreign Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threat to expel the Palestinian leader if he becomes prime minister in the January 28 elections. Although Netanyahu has repeatedly called for Arafat's expulsion, it took on new meaning after he became a key figure in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government last week. Meanwhile in Jericho, US envoy David Satterfield met Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and other senior Palestinian officials to promote a plan for reviving Mideast peace negotiations and establishing a Palestinian state with provisional borders by next year. The meetings came as the Israeli army carried out overnight raids in Nablus and helicopters fired missiles at a suspected weapons workshop in Gaza City. 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...