Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are set to meet for the first time in more than a year in Jordan on Tuesday to discuss stalled ‘peace talks’

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are set to meet for the first time in more than a year in Jordan on Tuesday to discuss stalled ‘peace talks’, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh will host the meeting which will include the Quartet as well as Israeli and Palestinian officials, ministry spokesperson Mohammad Kayed said. The minister’s meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials will take place separately.

Kayed said the meeting would be "a serious effort to find a common ground to resume direct talks" between the Palestinians and the Israeli enemy.

In Ramallah, a source close to the talks told AFP that Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat and his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Molcho would meet in Jordan under the auspices of the so-called Quartet of major diplomatic players.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said he will not hold talks unless Israel halts settlement construction and agrees a clear framework for talks on a two-state solution based on 1967 lines.

A Palestinian official said on Sunday that the Tuesday meeting would not constitute a departure from Abbas's position on the need for an Israeli settlement freeze. The meeting "is not a resumption of negotiations," the official said.

"The goal of the meeting is to make more serious efforts to restart talks based on Israel's implementation of its obligations to freeze settlement activity and recognize the 1967 lines as the basis for negotiations."