Israel's Revava settlement in the West Bank, November 19, 2019. (Photo: AFP / VNA) |
The meeting was held in Cairo at the request of Palestine. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit slammed, in a televised speech, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement as a "very negative development and regrettable transformation of the US stance."
He added that the US decision will negatively impact any prospect of achieving peace in the future. Aboul-Gheit said that the US decision effectively ends its role as a mediator after four decades.