Erikat: The four way meeting in Jericho today is to discuss the Peace-Valley-Project.

Wednesday August 15, 2007 11:08 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

The chief negotiation department at the Palestinian liberation organization Dr. Sa'eb Erikat said that the four way meeting between the foreign ministers of Palestine Japan Israel and Jordan that will take place on Wednesday in the West-Bank city of Jericho is going to discuss the Peace-Valley project.

The Peace-Valley project is a project that was proposed by the Japanese government to connect the Dead Sea with the Red Sea and to create industrial and farming zones in the Jordan-Valley that will help to solve the water conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Furthermore it could create more jobs for the Palestinians.

According to Dr. Sa'eb the project will help to protect the Palestinian land from being taken by the Israeli settlements, he added that several topics will be discussed in the meeting including the Israeli military in the West-Bank, the Al Karama crossing between the Palestinian areas and Jordan, and the issue of the 26 Palestinian that was deported from Bethlehem city to Gaza after the 2002 invasion of the city.

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