RAMALLAH, July 29, 2011 (WAFA) - Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, denied on Friday an Israeli newspaper report about talks between chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, and Shimon Peres, the Israeli president.

Describing the report as “totally not correct,” Abu Rudeineh said that “we are committed to the Palestinian and Arab positions that say any negotiations should be clear and based on international resolutions. If Israel accepts these principles, we do not see any problem with negotiations.”

He stressed that negotiations should be based on the 1967 borders of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and that Israel should stop all settlement activities in the West Bank.

He said that “because there are no negotiations and Israel refuses to hold serious talks that would commit it to halting settlements within the 1967 borders, the Palestinian and Arab stance is to go to the United Nations and Security Council to demand recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders and to become an official member of the UN.”

M.A.