(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The French President Francois Hollande heads to Israel on Sunday hoping to give a push to stalled peace talks with the Palestinians.
Hollande will also use his three-day visit to try to boost trade with the Jewish state, which stood at 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion) in 2011
On Monday Hollande goes to the West Bank city of Ramallah for discussions with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
French sources said he would encourage both sides to make the necessary compromises to overcome obstacles to US-brokered peace talks revived in July after a nearly three-year hiatus, AFP reported.
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