abstract:The Quartet on the Middle East or Middle East Quartet, sometimes called the Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet or simply the Quartet, is a foursome of nations and international and supranational entities involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Quartet are the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia.
Q: it is reported that the Middle EastQuartetwill send officials to Jerusalemon October 26 to hold talkswiththe IsraeliandPalestinian sidesrespectivelyon the resumption of directpeace talks.
So while then-prime minister Ehud Barak for instance claimed that his offer to cede the Temple Mount was contingent onthe signing of a peace treaty, when the so-called MiddleEastQuartet issued its road map plan for peace, Barak's ostensibly canceled offer was the starting point of negotiations.
Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for theMiddleEast peace process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, told the Security Council today that diplomatic efforts to reinvigorate theMiddleEast peace process had continued, and recent meetings -- including of theQuarteton Friday -- were part of a concentrated push to create the conditions for re-launching efforts for a two-State solution.