RAMALLAH, West Bank — Former US President Jimmy Carter is seeking to get the stalled Palestinian reconciliation moving by urging Saudi Arabia to use its influence, as the kingdom expressed its willingness to mediate again between Fatah and Hamas during Carter’s visit to Saudi Arabia in March.
Carter, who heads The Elders, said during a May 2 meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas at the Muqata compound in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority’s presidential headquarters, that the talks focused on the possibility of holding Palestinian elections and implementing the Beach Refugee Camp Agreement between Fatah and Hamas. He also expressed “The Elders’ readiness to make major efforts to implement all that has been mentioned in this agreement.”