UN chief: Mideast talks should not be 'wasted'
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said the upcoming talks in Washington between Israel and the Palestinians are a chance for peace that "must not be wasted."
Ban "welcomes the decision by both Israeli Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas to begin direct negotiations, following the statement of the Quartet and at the invitation of the US government," the United Nations said in a statement. (AFP)
