Israeli and Palestinian leaders to meet on Sunday

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet on Sunday, an aide to the Israeli leader confirmed today - keeping their promise to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to hold regular talks.

Saeb Erekat, an Abbas confidant, said the Palestinians invited Olmert to meet in the West Bank town of Jericho, but Israeli officials said Jerusalem was more likely.