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Middle East: Peace Negotiations

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implementation of Road Map commitments by the Palestinian and Israeli governments, in respect of their commitments under the November 2007 Annapolis agreement; and if he will make a statement. (213460)

The US has appointed General Fraser to monitor implementation of the Quartet Roadmap. We expect all parties to fulfil their Roadmap obligations. This includes Palestinian work to improve their security sector, and as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said to the House on 18 June

“it is also important that, as the President of the US said only two days ago, the Israelis stop the settlement programme that is causing so much distress among the Palestinians”.