The Palestinian authority announced that its president Mahmud Abbas is set to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday in Paris

The Palestinian authority announced that its president Mahmud Abbas is set to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday in Paris.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP on Wednesday that Abbas will visit France on Thursday and hold important meetings with European and US officials, including French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Friday.
  
"The meetings with Clinton and Hollande will focus on the release of Palestinian prisoners, particularly those arrested before the Oslo accords, a halt to settlement construction and pressure on Israel to accept the principle of a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders," Erakat said.
  
Abbas will also meet British Foreign Minister William Hague and European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, he added.
  
The meetings will take place on the sidelines of a "Friends of Syria" meeting France is hosting on Friday.