Israeli committee to discuss resuming negotiations with Syria

Israeli Army Radio said on Wednesday that a ministerial committee at the Israeli Foreign Ministry chaired by deputy chairman of the ministry Yuab Beirat has already started discussions on means of resuming negotiations with Syria and implementing the special initiative on withdrawal from south Lebanon.

The radio report said that the committee will also discuss the frozen relations between Israel and several Arab states because of the stumbled peace process.

The report added that the US State Department, the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the office of the Israeli prime minister have formed a tripartite team bearing the theme "the forthcoming step for tomorrow." The team has been assigned to studying the steps that should be taken following the redeployment agreement.

The team is also to study means of resuming negotiations on the Syrian track and withdrawal from south Lebanon.