Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has met one of US President Donald Trump’s top envoys on the sidelines of an Arab summit as the White House seeks ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks.

The meeting on Tuesday night comes ahead of Abbas’s expected visit to the White House in April and after Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt held wide-ranging talks in the Zionist entity and the Palestinian territories earlier this month.

Greenblatt said on Twitter that he held a “very positive meeting” with Abbas ahead of Wednesday’s Arab summit in the Jordanian Dead Sea resort of Sweimeh.

“Continued discussion on how to make tangible progress on peace,” he said.

Abbas’s talks at the White House are expected to follow a visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, scheduled for April 3.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II is also expected in Washington soon.

Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab states to have signed peace treaties with Tel Aviv and would likely be considered key players in any renewed peace effort.

“All these meetings will have a positive impact on the Palestinian issue,” Abbas said.

Source: AFP