Abu Mazen and Olmert in a joint statement: Oppose the century deal, ready for negotiations

The PA chairman and former prime minister met at the conclusion of the UN Security Council debate and protested the Trump administration's peace plan. The two agreed to negotiate and work toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Abu Mazen: "Reaches out to Israelis." Olmert: "He is the only partner"

Abu Mazen and Olmert in a joint statement: Oppose the century deal, ready for negotiations

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (Tuesday) held a joint press conference in New York during which they voiced opposition to US President Donald Trump's peace plan. Abu Mazen stated that he would be ready to resume negotiations with Olmert Arrested, upon termination.

"I have been asked many times why I want to meet Abu Mazen now," Olmert said at the outset. "The answer is that now there is Trump's plan he calls the century deal. The plan is to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but needs to be negotiated. I have a different opinion on the way the American plan is going. I think the Trump plan contradicts one principle which is the point The beginning of everything - the commitment must be accepted by both parties. "

The former prime minister praised relations with the PA chairman, saying that "he is the only partner we can talk to, for a long time. I think he and I talked more than any leader who spoke to the Palestinian side. He said he was ready to negotiate with the Israeli government at any time. This negotiation will occur, and the partner for this negotiation with Israel is a balance stone. Who will be the partner on the Israeli side? We'll know later this year. "

Abbas in the Security Council: This century's deal or any part of it must not be a basis for negotiations

Oppose the American Peace Plan. Olmert and Abu Mazen, today

Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during Trump campaign against Trump's Century Plan February 11, 2020 (Photo: -, official website)

Abbas recounted his speech at the UN Security Council during which he presented the Palestinians' positions on the two-state solution and the aspiration for peace. We have undergone a negotiation process and I am ready to resume negotiations with Olmert from where he was arrested. We do not want violence. The Palestinian people want a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the borders of 67 ".

The PA chairman added that "peace will be achieved in a dialogue between two sides and with the agreement of both parties, so that both parties can live together, each in his own country, security and peace. We are against violence and terrorism, we have ethical consents to fight terrorism. I reach out to the Israelis to negotiate. This is what we need to do, to live in two countries, side by side. I want to express my joy at meeting Olmert, a man of peace who believes in achieving peace and trying to achieve peace. "