139 Quotes by Yasser Arafat

Without a doubt, since the beginning we have welcomed American initiatives which we hope will succeed, especially in the upcoming London meetings.

We had met. I had met Shimon Peres in Cairo, in Lisbon before that, before that my colleagues met him in Athens with the participation of the European Union's Javier Solana and we have no objection to meeting him at any time.

We demanded that the United States play a role in pushing the peace process forward and we thank President Clinton and the U.S. administration for that role,

We are not against opening talks, but we are in need of results and not talks.

We would like to reiterate that all sorts of armed activities should be stopped and there should be no more attacks, especially the suicide bombing attacks that we have always condemned. We will arrest those who have planned these attacks.

We are seeking a four-way meeting. Our position has always been that the European Union must have a vital, effective role in this peace process,

Unfortunately, he has not yet offered anything tangible,

This was a very successful agreement, ... It is a very important start to achieve real peace and to avoid military activity.

We cannot confine the talks to security issues, ... All issues should be discussed with Ross in order to reach positive results.