Southern Shuneh, Jordan, May 21, SPA -- Israeli Vice Premier ShimonPeres and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia metSaturday on the sidelines of an international economicsummit to discuss continuing peace efforts in the wake ofthree days of violence in the Gaza Strip. "There's an attempt to get the peace process back ontrack in a bid to make the withdrawal from Gaza, if ithappens, a serious, real (and) practical step," Qureiatold reporters before he walked into talks with Peres at ameeting room at a Dead Sea resort. He said he hoped that the pullout will be inimplementation of the road map, an internationally backedpeace plan which calls for an end to Palestinian-Israeliviolence and the creation of an independent Palestinianstate.--SPA1404 Local Time 1104 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/263963