bbas calls for Italy's support for Palestine in peace process with Israel

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"We have reiterated² our readiness to return to the negotiation table, as long as Israel maintains its commitments," Abbas told a joint³ press conference after meeting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome during his official visit to Italy.

"We know Italy has excellent relations with Israel, and hope it carries his usual role in the endeavor," Abbas said, adding the two leaders, during their meeting, discussed "how to support the path to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians.""All Palestinians know how important the Italian support is for the development of infrastructure⁴, for projects in municipalities, education and health," Abbas said, also recalling the many visits by Italian public figures, including that of Napolitano to Bethlehem last year.

He added the PNA and Italy were also studying "ways to further develop bilateral⁵ relations and strengthen political consultations⁶, with the establishment of a bilateral ministerial committee."Napolitano said there are the right conditions to "seek the real possibility of an agreement with Israel for at least reversing the trend towards a deterioration⁷ or a freeze of an untenable situation."Given its historic friendship with Israel and its government, Italy "earnestly desires the utmost attention from the Israeli authorities to the needs and proposals coming from the Palestinian side," he said.

The Italian president added that moving ahead was more and more fundamental in a changing world, and especially in a region such as the Middle East, which is strongly developing.

Napolitano also noted⁸ that the PNA historical experience may be "a very successful factor in facilitating solutions for the maximum stabilization⁹" of the North African and Middle East countries that have fallen into political uncertainties¹⁰.

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