RAMALLAH, February 8, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday told US special envoy to the Middle East, David Hale, that the Palestinian reconciliation does not contradict with the peace process.

Abbas told Hale during their meeting in Ramallah that peace is his strategic choice and reconciliation is a national need.

Abbas said the Palestine Liberation Organization is committed to all its obligations that came in the signed agreements, the road map and relevant international resolutions.

He called on the Israeli government to accept the two-state solution on the 1967 borders, to stop settlements and release prisoners, particularly those arrested before 1993.

These are not Palestinian conditions, he said, but Israeli obligations if implemented will pave the way for resumption of final status negotiations.

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