Clinton going to Egypt later this month for second round of Mideast talks

By Bridget Johnson-09/05/10 03:58 PM ET

Clinton will attend the talks on Sept. 14, then head from Egypt to Jerusalem the following day for more discussions.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will go to Egypt later this month for the second round of the Obama administration's Mideast peace talks.

"Egypt will host the second round of Palestinian-Israeli negotiationsin Sharm el-Sheikh," Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zakisaid in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.

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Abbas and Netanyahu sat down for the first round of talks in Washington last week.

Agence France-Presse reported that a State Department official confirmed Clinton will attend the talks on Sept. 14, then head from Egypt to Jerusalem the following day for more discussions.

The official told AFP that Mideast envoy George Mitchell will be participating in the talks as well.

The Palestinians have warned that negotiations may not extend far past that if Israel continues new construction in the WestBank. A 10-month Israeli settlement freeze in the West Bank is set to expireSept. 26. Tel Aviv could choose to extend the moratorium or let itexpire.

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Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort

Sun Sep 5, 2010 4:30pm EDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

At the relaunching of the talks in Washington on Thursday, U.S. mediator George Mitchell said the coming round would be held on those dates in the region, without specifying an exact venue, and that the two sides would meet every two weeks.

"Egypt will host the second round of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh," Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lead the negotiations with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending, Zaki added.

Clinton will be joined in the negotiations by Mitchell, a State Department official said, and after the talks in Sharm el-Sheikh she will visit Jerusalem where she will have a three-way meeting with Netanyahu and Abbas on September 15.

Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel, has long played a mediation role but has often criticized Israel for settlement building. The talks are also backed by Jordan.

Arab foreign ministers are expected to endorse the direct talks at the Arab League's second annual meeting, scheduled to take place in Cairo on September 13.

(Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed in Washington; writing by Marwa Awad; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

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