Kuwaiti paper: Livni headed for Qatar to talk peace with Syrian envoys

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will visit Qatar next week and is expected meet senior Syrian envoys in order to "complete the covert negotiations between Israel and Syria," the Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida reported Tuesday. According to the report, which quoted sources in Jerusalem, talks between the two countries have been going on over the past two years with the intention of setting down the groundwork for a peace agreement.