Sheikh, Egypt, November 09, SPA--Wrapping up a briefing to the sponsors of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday they will keep negotiating, even as the peace process goes through a lull due to the political changes in the US and Israel, DPA reported. "We, both of us, affirmed that we will continue in these negotiations and that we will not stop even as Israel (prepares to go for) elections," Abbas told a joint news conference with Livni. "Our meetings will continue as usual," he added. For her part, Livni said that the continued talks, aimed at forging an Israeli-Palestinian peace resulting in a Palestinian state, would continue the framework agreed on at last year's Annapolis peace summit, when the sides agreed to rekindle the negotiations after a seven-year hiatus. "The Annapolis process serves the interest of both parties, the Israeli and Palestinian," she said. The process' sponsors - the so-called Quartet of the US, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, said in a statement that they would continue their commitment to supporting the parties efforts" and also pledged to "respect the bilateral and confidential nature of the negotiations."
