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Quartet members issue joint statement on latest developments
Quartet calls for the urgent resumption of dialogue between the parties to resolve the conflict...
Tony Blair and PM Fayyad discuss the "dignity and justice" of Palestinian statehood
Tony Blair congratulated Prime Minister Fayyad for the work he has been doing which means that Palestinian institutions are being built, capacity being developed, and that means successful negotiations could see the Palestinian state be a reality for people....
Secretary Clinton announces "intensified" role for Tony Blair on Middle East
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today that Quartet Representative Tony Blair is going to “intensify” his partnership with U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell as part of American efforts to get the Israelis and the Palestinians into peace ta...
OQR welcomes Jalameh crossing opening for tourist buses
The Office of the Quartet Representative today welcomed the Government of Israel's move to allow tourist buses through the Jalameh vehicle crossing into the West Bank....
Tourism can help regenerate West Bank, says Tony Blair on visit to Sebastia
Quartet Representative Tony Blair visited the Sebastia Tourism Site on Tuesday morning as part of his efforts to revive tourism in the Northern West Bank following the opening of the Jalameh crossing....
First phase of the North Gaza Sewage Treatment Project is completed
Quartet Representative Tony Blair today welcomed the long-awaited completion of Phase One of the World-Bank funded North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment facility, which is successfully diverting sewage away from the dangerous Beit Lahiya site....
Tony Blair joins Salam Fayyad in Paris to review progress two years after $7.7bn aid conference
Quartet Representative Tony Blair joined Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad at a meeting of the Paris Donors Group on Tuesday to review progress since the record-breaking pledging conference of December 2007. ...
Head of Mission Dr. Robert Danin welcomes Israel's agreement to allow limited exports and imports to Gaza
OQR Head of Mission Dr. Robert Danin today welcomed Israeli agreement to allow limited exports and imports to Gaza, through a project funded by the Dutch government. The agreement that the Office of the Quartet Representative has been working to broker is expected to facilitate the export of 30 million carnations and 300 tonnes of strawberries from Gaza by the end of the season....
Office of the Quartet Representative secures extension of Tarkumiya crossing opening hours
Quartet Representative Tony Blair, working with our Quartet partners, has secured an extension of the Tarkumiya commercial goods crossing opening hours. The news comes after local Palestinian business people identified that extended opening hours would improve access for goods, giving greater flexibility and reduce congestion during a consultation with OQR....
Tony Blair urges support for Prime Minister Fayyad's two-year state building plan at donors meeting
Quartet Representative Tony Blair and US Special Envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell met with the Paris Donors Group in Brussels today as part of the latest push for Middle East peace....