Quartet divided over peace monitoring

Representatives of the Quartet are meeting this week in an attempt to surpass deep divisions over how to monitor the road map's implementation, a key factor in the process, as it decides the sequence of events.

Envoys from the EU, UN, US and Russia are meeting to try and iron out differences over how progress is to be monitored. According to diplomats the EU, UN and US have all put forward plans for the monitoring process.

Although details are still unclear, the US has proposed th...