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Diplomats: Quartet agrees statement on Mideast talks

NEW YORK - The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators has reached agreement on a statement that it hopes will bring Israel and the Palestinians back into peace negotiations, diplomats familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Ministers from the Quartet - the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States - are expected to meet at the United Nations at 2.30 p.m. local time on Friday, the diplomats told Reuters, declining to offer details on the substance of the statement.