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WASHINGTON — The United States and its partners in the international diplomatic “quartet” on the Middle East have failed to reach agreement on how to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
That deals a blow to efforts to avert a possible confrontation at the United Nations over recognizing Palestine as an independent nation.
A senior U.S. official said a Monday-night meeting among Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon, European Union foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was unable to form a united statement on how to proceed.
