Riyadh, Feb. 17, SPA -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met withIsraeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem Saturday night, aspart of the preparation for the three-way talks between Rice, IsraeliPrime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas onMonday, reported Deutsche Presse Agentur dpa. Rice said to reporters before the meeting, "The Quartet has ofcourse reiterated the import of its principles, because they arefoundational principles for peace", referring to the three demands ofthe Quartet - the international panel of the US, the EU, Russia andthe UN brokering Middle East peace - that any Palestinian governmentmust renounce violence, recognize Israel and adhere to all previousIsraeli-Palestinian agreements. Rice however added that the US administration will wait for thecompletion of the formation of the new Palestinian government, whichwill take three to five weeks, to make a final decision on its stand. The Palestinians are currently in the process of forming a newnational unity government based on a coalition which will includeAbbas' Fatah, as well as the Islamic Hamas and smaller Palestinianfactions.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/426267