Mitchell arrives in Ramallah for meeting with Abbas
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Thursday for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Mitchell”s meeting with the Palestinian leader comes a day after he spoke with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem as part of his maiden visit to the region.
The 75-year-old former US senator, who helped broker peace in Northern Ireland in 1998, has been charged by new President Barack Obama with "vigorously" resuscitating the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.