US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that any Middle East peace plan would be ‘fair and balanced,’ as he sought to push Israeli and Palestinian leaders towards final status negotiations.
Kerry made the remarks before flying to Amman from Jerusalem, after three days of intense shuttle diplomacy between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
The US chief diplomat, on his 10th visit to the region since taking office less than a year ago, kicked-started nine months of direct negotiations in July after a three-year hiatus.
He has since stepped up his efforts to bring about a peace deal as an agreed late-April deadline looms and the two sides refuse to budge on their mostly irreconcilable demands.
‘I can guarantee all parties that President (Barack) Obama and I are committed to putting forward ideas that are fair, that are balanced, and that improve the security of all the people of this region,’ Kerry told reporters in Jerusalem before departing for the Jordanian capital.
Kerry made the remarks before flying to Amman from Jerusalem, after three days of intense shuttle diplomacy between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
The US chief diplomat, on his 10th visit to the region since taking office less than a year ago, kicked-started nine months of direct negotiations in July after a three-year hiatus.
He has since stepped up his efforts to bring about a peace deal as an agreed late-April deadline looms and the two sides refuse to budge on their mostly irreconcilable demands.
‘I can guarantee all parties that President (Barack) Obama and I are committed to putting forward ideas that are fair, that are balanced, and that improve the security of all the people of this region,’ Kerry told reporters in Jerusalem before departing for the Jordanian capital.