After negotiations between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organization resumed, an official meeting took place in Ramallah on January 28th, 2012, at the Palestinian President's headquarters.
The talks were co-chaired by Mgr. Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See's Under-Secretary Relations with States, and by Palestinian minister, Ziad Al-Bandak, the President's advisor for relations with Christians.
The Palestinian representatives handed to the Holy See delegation an answer to the agreement draft proposed by the latter in a previous meeting.
The talks took place in a cordial atmosphere that could reinforce the special bonds between the two parties.
The delegations agreed to form technical groups, that would continue to work on the previous draft, preparing for a plenary session to be held soon in Vatican City.
The talks took place in a cordial atmosphere that could reinforce the special bonds between the two parties.
The delegations agreed to form technical groups, that would continue to work on the previous draft, preparing for a plenary session to be held soon in Vatican City.
The Holy See’s delegation was composed of Archbishop Antonio Franco Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine; Mgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, Under-Secretary of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, Mgr. Alberto Ortega, Official of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, Mgr. Waldemar Sommertag, Counselor of the Apostolic Delegation of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian delegation was composed of Dr. Nabil Shath, member of the central committee of Al-Fatah; Dr. Bernard Sabella, member of the PLC, and Mr. lssa Kassissieh, Deputy Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department.