Jordan Calls for Launching Mideast Roadmap 'As Soon as Possible'

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Jordan Calls for Launching Mideast Roadmap 'As Soon as Possible'

Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on Monday called for launching the Mideast roadmap peace plan aimed at ending the Arab-Israeli conflict "as soon as possible", Petra News Agency reported.

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Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on Monday called for launching the Mideast roadmap peace plan aimed at ending the Arab-Israeli conflict "as soon as possible", Petra News Agency reported.

"We can not wait any more," Muasher said in a statement following a meeting with visiting Palestinian Minister of Local Government Saeb Erekat.

"No date has been fixed for the convening of the Quartet Committee, but it is of great importance not to wait until the formation of a new Israeli government," Muasher said.

"The road map has won the international consensus and it is not right to give Israel the chance to make any change in the map," he was quoted as saying by Petra.

The Arab League foreign ministers are likely to hold a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, immediately after Muslim's Eid El Adha holiday, which will begin on Feb. 11, and discuss the Palestinian and Iraqi issues, he added.

The Quartet, which includes the UN, the European Union, the United States and Russia, failed to pass the roadmap on last Dec. 20 as scheduled, due to the opposition from the United States, which claimed to discuss and pass the plan after the Israeli general elections on Jan. 28.

The Quartet-sponsored roadmap calls for an end to violence and the implementation of confidence-building measures between the two sides to help restart the peace talks.

The plan, presented by the US side last October, supports the establishment of a temporary Palestinian state by 2003 and the final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in 2005.

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