Israel and Palestine Agree to Meet within Next 2 Weeks

　　US Secretary of State John Kerry says negotiators from Israel and Palestine have agreed to hold another meeting within the next two weeks to kick off new peace talks.

 

　　The peace negotiations² are aimed to achieve a final status agreement between the two sides.

 

　　CRI Washington chief correspondent Xiaohong has more.

 

　　Secretary Kerry described the two-day-meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators "constructive³ and positive", saying both sides have agreed to keep the momentum⁴.

 

　　"The parties have agreed to remain engaged and sustained continuous and substantive⁵ negotiations on the core issues and they will meet within the next two weeks in either Israel or the Palestinian territories in order to begin the process of formal negotiation¹."

 

　　Secretary Kerry disclosed that both the Palestinians and Israelis have agreed to put all issues regarding the final status of Palestine on the table for discussion.

 

　　Among the thorniest⁶ issues include the border and settlement problems, the status of Jerusalem, as well as the rights of Palestinian refugees.

 

　　Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat says he is delighted all issues are on the table.

 

　　"Palestinians have suffered enough. It's time for the Palestinians to live in peace, freedom and dignity within their own independent sovereign state."

 

　　He says he believes the Palestinian people will benefit the most from a successful negotiation.

 

　　Israeli chief negotiator Tzipi Livni says the Washington meetings and the future ones will cause a spark of hope.

 

　　"It is our task to work together so that we can transform that spark of hope into something real and lasting⁷."

 

　　In the next nine months, the two sides are going to hold secret talks to work out a final status agreement with one single objective: to end the decades-long conflict.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Xiaohong reporting from Washington.

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

4 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

5 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

6 thorniest   

adj.多刺的( thorny的最高级 )；有刺的；棘手的；多障碍的

参考例句：

• Paradoxically, the thorniest outstanding issue involves Bolivia. 而荒谬可笑的是，最棘手的国家要事却牵涉到了玻利维亚。 来自互联网

7 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。