Abbas set for talks with EU ministers

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has accepted an invitation to meet European foreign ministers next month.

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn held talks with Abbas in Gaza City today and said the meeting ministers would take place in Europe on February 21.

Asselborn, whose country holds the EU presidency, said the quest for Mideast peace remains one of the bloc’s prime policy goals. The two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories is his first overseas trip since Luxembourg took over the rotating EU presidency.