MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign ministers from the G8 urged the Palestinian and Israeli leaders Thursday to abstain from unilateral action that could cast doubt on the final status of Palestinian territories.
Ministers from the group of leading industrialized nations said in a statement following talks in Moscow that they hailed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's attempts to relaunch talks, and called on them to stop terrorist violence and take urgent measures to release an Israeli serviceman taken hostage by Palestinian militants.
The ministers asked Israel to display maximal restraint during the current crisis, adding that Israeli and Palestinian sovereignty, security and democratic development were among the G8's key goals.
