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Envoys of the so-called Quartet of MidEast mediators meeting Amr Moussa

(15 Nov 2006) 1. Exterior of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo 2. Arrival of the UN Middle East envoy Alvaro De Soto to the Arab League 3. Photo session of Secretary General of the Arab league Amr Moussa and Alvaro De Soto 4. Cutaway to cameramen 5. Set up shot of Alvaro De Soto 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alvaro De Soto, UN Middle East Envoy: "As you know the envoys to the quartet are meeting later on in a couple of hours. The efforts to find an avenue to first of all tranquilise and stabilise the situation then to return to the peace track are gathering once again the attention of the international community, fortunately or unfortunately, and we hope that it would be possible to bring things on the right track." 7. Cutaway 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alvaro De Soto, UN Middle East Envoy: "We are encouraged by the indications on the Palestinian side that they may be approaching agreement on a new government that might be in a better position than the current one to bring about a better engagement with the international community." 9. Cutaway 10. Photo session of the Secretary General of the Arab league Amr Moussa and US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Welch, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs: "Well America is never happy when it has to exercise the veto, because what that indicates is that we were unable to come to agreement on a balanced outcome whether it is on this issue or any other. Had there been a more balanced resolution, we would have looked at that but unfortunately this one was deficient in a number of respects and our view did not prevail so we acted as we thought necessary.'' 12. Welsh walks away from microphone 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League: "Generally there is an agreement that the efforts to revive the peace process have to be intensified.'' 14. Cutaway STORYLINE: Arab leaders and top US, EU, Russian and UN diplomats held key talks on Wednesday, in an attempt to revive the Arab-Israeli peace process. It came as a deadly rocket attack by Palestinian militants in Gaza raised fears of an increasing cycle of violence. Representatives of the so-called "Quartet" of peacemakers met in Cairo for the first time since the Palestinian militant group Hamas formed its government following its landslide victory in the January legislative elections, throwing the peace process into crisis. Earlier, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, creating further momentum after news that Abbas' Fatah party is close to finalising an agreement with Hamas on the formation of a Palestinian national unity government. The UN's Middle East envoy, Alvaro De Soto said he was encouraged by the renewed efforts on peace talks. "As you know the envoys to the quartet are meeting later on in a couple of hours.The efforts to find an avenue to first of all tranquilise and stabilise the situation to return to the peace track are gathering once again the attention of the international community, fortunately or unfortunately, and we hope that it would be possible to bring things on the right track." Said De Soto. Hamas said on Tuesday it would not recognise Israel, even after a new government takes power. However, it indicated that it would allow the government to set its own policies, a position that Abbas and Arab leaders hope will allow negotiations to resume and lead to a lifting of an international cut-off of aid to the Palestinians. Abbas met Welch the evening before. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...