Potential time frames are under review for Moscow's plans to host a follow-up to the Annapolis conference that sought to re-launch Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, the State Department said Thursday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed Russia's plans for the meeting during her visit to Moscow this week, spokesman Sean McCormack said. “Yes, she did,” he replied when asked if Rice and her Russian counterpart discussed a Moscow follow-up meeting. Russia, a co-sponsor of Middle East peace talks, has said it wants to hold a meeting to further the Palestinian-Israeli peace process re-launched in November at an international conference in Annapolis, Maryland. “It's an idea that people have now, and are taking a look at what is the appropriate way in another multilateral international forum to follow up on various aspects of Annapolis,” McCormack told reporters. “I think people are [discussing] some time frames, but it's premature at this point to start talking about those in public,” McCormack responded when asked if possible dates were being discussed. Asked if Rice and her Russian counterpart discussed “time frames” in Moscow on Monday and Tuesday, McCormack said, “I suspect there are multiple conversations going on in that regard.”
