MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - A meeting of the Middle East Quartet (Russia, the United States, the UN and the EU) will take place in New York in September, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.
This was agreed during a conference call on Friday between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Javier Solana.
The meeting in New York will include a discussion of Russia's proposal to arrange a working session between middle-east specialists this fall in Moscow, at which regulation of the middle-east situation after Israel's exit from the Gaza Strip and the northern part of Jordan's west bank would be assessed.
The participants in the conference call highlighted the importance of coordinating their work and maintaining peace and security during all the stages of Israel's exit strategy.
