RAMALLAH, January 14, 2007 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed Sunday his rejection of any temporary or transitional solutions, including a state of temporary borders.

In a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice in Ramallah, President said that "we have discussed with Rice several topics of which priority is the peace process and the necessity to provide suitable conditions and circumstances to revive it and lead to ending the Israeli Occupation as stated in the Road Map."

President also appreciated President Bush's vision to establishing a viable and continuant Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital living side by side with Israel in security and peace.

" In order to give the political process an opportunity it deserves and to regain credibility and confidence of the peoples in the region, it immediately should hold all colonials activities in the Palestinian Territory, stop the construction of the Annexation and Expansion Wall and putting an end to siege, closure imposed on our people and land, release of prisoners from Israeli jails, stopping Israeli policy of incursions, arrests and collective punishment, the last of which was in Ramallah and the killing of four innocent citizens and injury of tens along the damage of property," President said.

President also affirmed the importance of a continuing a comprehensive truce in the Gaza Strip to expand it to the West Bank and to be included to all the Palestinian Territory as a guarantee to its continuity.

The President emphasised on active and continued mobilisation by regional and international parties to put and end to the conflict to achieve a just, comprehensive and durable peace in all levels and at all tracks, so as the region and its peoples live in peace and stability.

The President spoke also about the efforts made to form a national unity government based on a programme capable of lifting the siege and reviving the peace process to which "we could control over our occupied land, establish our independent state and regain all of our national legitimate rights which are recognised by the entire world," adding "we hope to achieve it as soon as possible and this would lead to a happy end, by which the required government will be established otherwise, we go back to the people and hold Presidential and Legislative elections."
President affirmed on the national unity government and his absolute rejection to solve indifferences through violence.

For her part, Dr. Rice affirmed that the United States is deeply concerned to finding ways to accelerate further in the Road Map that internationally recognised, adding that the "United States is absolutely committed to helping provide a solution for Israelis and Palestinians can live in security, peace and democracy."

"I want to assure you Mr. President , as I assured others that I have heard loud and clear the call for deeper American engagement in these processes and the United States is committed to find a solution where Israelis and Palestinians can live in security."

"These are our goals and we abide by President Bush's vision on a viable Palestinian state," Rice said.

Rice said that "I desire the Palestinian people must be able to live in dignity, democracy and in peace of which a government can be respected and supported by international community that something which the Palestinian people deserves."

M.H. (14:37 P) (12:37 GMT)