Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet for a second time this month for talks on final status issues, Palestinian sources said Saturday, according to dpa. The meeting to take place Sunday is to cover the latest talks by the two with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose country mediated the resumption of peace negotiations. Also on the agenda are the lifting of Israeli checkpoints, the releasing of prisoners and the curtailing of settlement activities in the West Bank. Taking part in the talks will be Israeli Foreign Minister Palestinian chief negotiator Ahmed Qureia and Tzipi Livni. The last meeting between Olmert and Abbas on August 6 led to the release by Israel of nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners as a confidence building gesture.
