London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Palestinian counterpart, Salam Fayyad, agreed Monday that Israeli settlement activity remains the chief barrier preventing progress towards a two-state solution in the Middle East.
Speaking after breakfast talks in London, Fayyad said there was still a chance to preserve the principles agreed in 2002, provided that both Israel and the Palestinians showed "full compliance" with the accords.
"The moment has not gone," said Fayyad. He added: "We have to move from an exercise in accounting to an exercise in accountability."
Sana'a, Yemen - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad arrived in Sana'a Friday for talks with Yemeni officials on efforts to hold reconciliation talks between the rival Palestinian movements of Fatah and Hamas, Yemen's officials Saba news agency reported.
