Palestinian official: Arafat is not entrusted to make concessions on Jerusalem and refugees

Azzam el-Ahmed, the Palestinian public works minister said that Yasser Arafat is not entrusted to make concessions concerning Jerusalem and the refugees issues.

He added that Arafat cannot divert from the conditions made by the Palestinian leaders whether he or any future leadership, adding 'we know what is going on in Camp David and we placed conditions to be carried out by Abu Ammar and negotiating delegation - so far - through the communications we made with them and these conditions will not change."

He said that "there are two main points which we adhere to and the delegation cannot give up which are eastern Jerusalem as a permanent capital for the independent Palestinian state and the return of the Palestinian refugees as well as compensating them according to the international resolution No 194."