Barak urges Arab states to be patient for peace

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak urged the Arab states to be patient so that progress can be achieved in the peace process on all tracks.

During his tour last night of Keriat settlement, Barak said, "Achieving such a progress is subjected to the desire of the other negotiating parties to reach a decisive and a final solution."

Meanwhile, Israeli official sources said today in statements to Israel Radio that the meeting of the Israeli - Palestinian committee concerned with discussing means of applying the Wye river accord will be resumed during the coming week.