BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Saeb Erekat said Saturday that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not planning to visit the occupied territories on Monday after visiting Israel.

Israel’s Channel 10 reported that Clinton was arriving in the region in a bid to bring officials from both sides back to the negotiating table and establish conditions for returning to the peace process.

Erekat said President Mahmoud Abbas met Clinton last week in Paris but no meetings were scheduled domestically.

He told Ma’an that Abbas would attend an upcoming meeting in Doha and brief Arab heads of state about the financial crisis and the latest developments on the ground in Palestine.

(www.maannews.net / 14.07.2012)