The visit to Kuwait by President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas due on Monday would be within framework of coordination and consultations between the Palestinian and Kuwaiti leaderships, the PNA spokesman said.Nabil Abu Rudainah, the official spokesman of the authority, described in a statement to KUNA on eve of the visit that the Kuwaiti-Palestinian relations were very good. "We value Kuwait's unwavering stance in support of the Palestinian people," he added.
Abbas is due to travel via Jordan to Kuwait, where he would hold talks with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
Abu Rudainah confirmed that Abbas' mission would serve the continous coordination and consultations between the Kuwaiti and Palestinian leaderships regarding current regional conditions and affairs, namely the forecast conference for peace in the Middle East. Regarding the talks with Israel, he indicated that the Palestinian and Israeli sides have not worked out a common document, but the negotiations in this respect were continuing.
Israeli and Palestinian officials have held inconculsive talks in a bid to draw up a joint document ahead of the fall conference for Mideast peace. The Palestinians have been seeking to include major issues in the aspired paper -- namely final status of Jerusalem and the question of Palestinians in diaspora, among other topics.
He also indicated at continous US efforts, namely the forthcoming regional tour by US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, to find common ground for a possible settlement to the regional question.