President Abbas denies what Olmert said that they missed the opportunity by not signing the peace roadmap.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that what was said by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the documentary broadcast by the British BBC channel, that we missed the opportunity by not signing the peace map he presented to us, is incorrect, as we did not receive any peace map from him during our talks that continued until the last day of his term as Prime Minister.

He added that the discussions with Olmert were serious, and that we addressed all the final issues, but he was not allowed to remain as Prime Minister of Israel to follow up on what was being discussed. During these discussions, we did not receive any map or paper to respond to at all.

President Abbas continued: We have negotiated positively with all initiatives presented to us, and we have worked to ensure the success of any step aimed at achieving a just peace based on international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative, and enabling our Palestinian people to obtain their rights to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the 1967 borders.

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