JERICHO, March 15, 2012 (WAFA) - PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat Thursday said that the Middle East Quartet must hold the Israeli government fully accountable for bringing the peace process to a halt.

He said during a meeting in Jericho with the special UN coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, that the national reconciliation does not contradict with the peace process, rather it promotes and supports it.

He said it is imperative for the Quartet to declare that Israel did not comply with its September statement since it insisted on continuing with settlement activities and refused to accept the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.

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