Riyad al-Malki, the Palestinian Authority (PA) “foreign minister”, said in an interview on Friday that Washington is hoping to renew its diplomatic relations with the PA as it prepares to release its long-awaited peace proposal.

Speaking to the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper and quoted by i24NEWS, Malki said that US officials had recently attempted to re-initiate negotiations but "contacts are still completely cut off."

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