(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday morning (7 November 2012),
met with International Quartet for the Middle East Envoy Tony Blair. Following
are their remarks from the start of the meeting:
Prime Minister Netanyahu: "I listened very carefully to President Abbas's
recent statements. I have a constant suggestion which I renew today - I said it
two days ago, I'm saying it again today. I think the best thing to do is to sit
down together, negotiate without preconditions, avoid unilateral actions in the
UN and try to get on with peace. That's my suggestion to President Abbas, I hope
you can help me with this."
Tony Blair: "First of all, I think the single most important thing now, that
President Obama has been re-elected, I think this gives us a great opportunity
actually to re-energize this process and to try to make sure that we get back
around the table and have a negotiation, and that is the best and only way to
try and create peace. So I'm looking forward very much to the opportunity that
now presents itself and I look forward to working with you Mr. Prime Minister in
order to achieve that."