The
Quartet of Middle East negotiators - the
United States, Russia, the United
Nations and European Union - will meet
on Monday to discuss the long-stalled
peace process between Israel and the
Palestinians, the United Nations said.
The UN
press office on Friday said UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
would meet at UN headquarters ahead of
a special UN Security Council session
on the Arab Spring uprisings.
The
other Quartet principals - EU
foreign policy chief Catherine
Ashton
and Quartet envoy Tony Blair - will
participate via video link.
Russia
has been pushing for a Quartet
meeting, UN diplomats have said.