US diplomat David Welch meets Palestinian chief negotiator Ahmed Qurei

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1. Wide of US diplomat David Welch, arriving and being welcomed by top Palestinian negotiator, Ahmed Qureia 2. Wide pan left and right of meeting 3. Pan from Welch seated to Qureia 4. Welch and Qureia shake hands 5. Welch and Qureia coming out of meeting 6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ahmed Qureia, top Palestinian negotiator: "It is important that there should be a specific, clear document. It should specify all issues regarding the final agreement." 7. Cutaway of Qureia and Welch shaking hands 8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ahmed Qureia, top Palestinian negotiator: "All the possibilities are there and we have mentioned that. Also we mentioned that during the preliminary meetings with the Israelis, that the failure of this conference will create a difficult situation for us and for them, for the international parties and for the region. It is either a successful conference, that will create clear foundations based on what is agreed upon according to international legitimacy and the Arab initiative, otherwise there will not be good results." 9. Exterior of building STORYLINE: Israel and the Palestinians must come up with a detailed agreement on the most divisive issues between them, ahead of a US-sponsored Middle East peace conference, a top Palestinian negotiator said on Saturday. Fresh from a meeting with US diplomat, David Welch, Ahmed Qureia said the document that is to be presented at the conference "should be a specific, clearcut document," and "should specify all issues regarding the final agreement." The failure of the conference to create clear foundations for peacemaking, "will create a difficult situation" for all involved, Qureia said. "It is either a successful conference, that will create clear foundations based on what is agreed upon according to international legitimacy and the Arab initiative, otherwise there will not be good results," he added. One measure of the success of the US-sponsored meeting will be how far the sides move beforehand toward resolving key areas of dispute, like final borders, sovereignty over disputed Jerusalem and a solution for Palestinians who lost their homes in the war that followed Israel's 1948 creation. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will shuttle between Israel and the West Bank next week to help narrow gaps as Israel and the Palestinians try to frame contours of a final peace deal before a high stakes Mideast conference. So far, the two sides are at odds over how detailed that peace deal framework should be, and both say no written agreement has been forged on any of these issues. Rice arrives on Sunday for her third visit to the region since Islamic Hamas militants violently took over the Gaza Strip in mid-June. She will meet with Palestinian and Israeli leaders to assess progress they have made on bridging divides ahead of the international conference, expected to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of November. There is growing scepticism of the conference among some Arab governments, which have expressed doubts the planned gathering will tackle the main issues of the conflict with Israel. The Bush administration has said it will invite adversary Syria to the conference, but Syrian President Bashar Assad has all but ruled out his country's participation. Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have not said whether they will attend. Meanwhile, Iran doesn't recognise Israel and wants the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. On Saturday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the summit "a hoax" and encouraged Muslims to boycott the US-sponsored talks. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cd8d0cd68320eb2f677a47686bd9d795 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork