K.S. Rajan
(12 March 2012)

"BILL KOENIG"


 
 

Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee says blockade should precede
military action, in bid to pressure Iran to cease its drive for nuclear weapons.

Quartet to meet to discuss stalled Israel-Palestinian peace talks

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.