Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received here today Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Cortes. The Palestinian News Agency, which carried the news, said the president briefed the Austrian official on the latest developments relating to the peace process, citing the impasse blocking its march because of the Israeli intransigence, confirming the commitment of the Palestinian leadership to achieve the current legitimacy to establish an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 parallel with Eastern Al-Quds as its capital. -- SPA 23:48 LOCAL TIME 20:48 GMT تغريد