Qorei has a history of working with U.S. and Israeli leaders while pushing forward the peace process.

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Qorei was named head of the PLO's executive committee's economic department in 1983.

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Ahmed Qorei, the head of the Palestinian delegation, confirmed to CNN on Wednesday that Israeli negotiators will return to the talks.

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During Arafat's illness, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei was in charge of the Palestinian Authority, while Mahmoud Abbas led the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is slated to meet with former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei on Monday, said Aryeh Mekel, a spokesman for Livni.

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Many in the Palestinian government have already given up their posts, as Abbas has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority Cabinet also resigned, Erakat said.

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Qorei also was one of three Palestinian Liberation Organization leaders who met secretly with Israeli officials in Norway to work on the Oslo accords, which paved the way for the first interim peace deal between the two sides to be signed in 1993.

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