UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to a meeting this month of the West Asia Quartet seeking a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Foreign Ministers of the three Arab countries will join their counterparts from Russia, the United States and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini for the talks on September 30, the UN spokesman said Friday.
The Secretary General of the Arab league will also attend the meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly gathering of world leaders.
The invitation follows a decision by the Quartet in February to include Arab countries in the diplomatic effort to restart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
Mogherini said the EU had “revitalised the work of the Quartet” and voiced hope that this could help “re-open prospective and political horizons to the talks.”