RAMALLAH, December 23, 2006 (WAFA) - Head of the PLO Infatuations Affairs Department Saeb Ereikat, said late on Saturday that the meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was a good meeting, adding that there was agreement on several issues.

Ereikat told a press conference in Ramallah, following the meeting, that President Abbas discussed the issue of reviving the peace process reaching an end of the occupation and the implantation of the Road Map, the Arab Initiative and the rest of the final status issues.

Ereikat added that the two sides agreed to form a committee to discuss the issue of releasing prisoners, adding that Israeli Mr. Olmert has agreed to release $100 million in tax rebates to the Palestinian National Authority, to be used for humanitarian purposes.

Dr. Erikat affirmed that President Abbas stressed the necessity to extend the truce to the West Bank, asserting that a committee would be formed to discuss issue of the wanted as well as the deportees of Bethlehem.

A.D (23:17 P) (21:17 GMT)