Summary US President Barack Obama has urged Israeli PM to resume peace talks with Palestinians.
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - US President Barack Obama spoke by telephone on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urged him to resume peace talks with Palestinians, the White House said in a statement.
The telephone call was part of regular consultations between the two leaders, the White House said, but came as US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region to try to help restart talks that stalled in 2010.
"The President encouraged Prime Minister Netanyahu to continue to work with Secretary Kerry to resume negotiations with the Palestinians as soon as possible," the White House said, noting the leaders also talked about security issues in Egypt, Iran and Syria.
Since US Secretary of State John Kerry s arrival at the region, the implementation of US-brokered resumption of talks has received both support and objection by Israeli and Palestinian officials.
A Palestinian source told Ynet Thursday that during the PLO s executive committee meeting it was decided that the issue of borders will be first among the issues discussed in the impending talks with Israel.
