French FM meets Abbas Qureia comments

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(22 May 2008) SHOTLIST • • ++DAY SHOTS++ • 1. Wide of security • 2. Pan from Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at meeting, zoom out • 3. Pan from Kouchner to Qureia, zoom out • 4. Kouchner arriving for meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas • 5. Zoom out of Kouchner and Abbas at meeting • 6. Mid of officials • 7. Wide of Kouchner and Abbas • 8. Kouchner and Abbas walking into press room • 9. Wide of room • 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President: • The peace process since Annapolis is so far still ongoing, meetings and negotiations are also still ongoing and we are waiting for results to be announced but until now we have no results. • 11. Wide of presser • 12. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Kouchner, French Foreign Minister: • We talked with the Israelis and we clarified to them our unchangeable position about settlement activities. We are against any new settlement and I think Israel should stop the settlement construction activities. • 13. Officials • 14. Abbas and Kouchner saying goodbye, shaking hands, leaving • • ++NIGHT SHOT++ • 15. Wide of presidential compound • • STORYLINE • • French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met on Thursday with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and separately with chief Palestinian peace negotiator Ahmed Qureia in the West Bank city of Ramallah. • • The progress in peace negotiations with Israel was discussed in both meetings. • • The peace process since Annapolis is so far still ongoing, meetings and negotiations are also still ongoing and we are waiting for results to be announced but until now we have no results, Abbas told a news conference after the meeting. • • Earlier in the day, Kouchner met with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. • • We talked with the Israelis and we clarified to them our unchangeable position about settlement activities. We are against any new settlement and I think Israel should stop the settlement construction activities, he told reporters. • • Earlier this week, Kouchner said in a radio interview that France had been in touch with Hamas over several months, but the contacts did not amount to relations or negotiations. • • He did not detail the substance of those contacts with Hamas, which refuses to recognise Israel. • • Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it would be seeking clarification from Kouchner during his visit, but a ministry official could not say if the issue had been satisfactorily resolved at Thursday's meeting with Livni. • • Kouchner is due to address an international investment conference in Bethlehem on Friday before leaving for home. • • 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...

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