Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met here this evening with visiting Sri Lankan Minister of Urban Development Mohammed Fawzi. The Palestinian News Agency, which carried the news, said Abbas briefed Fawzi on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the international efforts being exerted to revive the peace process. Abbas pointed to the commitment of the Palestinian side to the peace process to achieve the aspirations of the Palestinian people of establishing their independent state with Al-Quds as its capital of its 1967 parallel.