內塔尼亞胡希望克里能推動實現以巴和平

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants peace with the Palestinians, and hopes visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry can return negotiations to a place where a "historical" agreement can be achieved.

Mr. Netanyahu and Kerry opened a meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem. The Israeli leader voiced reservations about the three-month-old peace talks.

Kerry, who is also meeting Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said there are always "difficulties" and "tensions" within negotiations, but that he is confident the parties can work through them. He said both the Israelis and Palestinians need to make compromises and hard decisions to achieve their goal.

He also addressed Mr. Netanyahu's concern that world powers may negotiate an agreement with Iran that would decrease sanctions in return for anything less than the full dismantling of its nuclear enrichment capability.

The United States and its Western allies suspect Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charge, saying its nuclear program is designed for peaceful purposes.以色列總理內塔尼亞胡表示，他願與巴勒斯坦實現和平，並希望到訪的美國國務卿克里能夠推動談判，以達成一項“歷史性”協議。

星期三，內塔尼亞胡與克里在耶路撒冷開始舉行會談。內塔尼亞胡對三個月來的和談表現出保留態度。

克里星期三還將會見巴勒斯坦民族權力機構主席阿巴斯。他說，談判中總會存在“困難”與“緊張狀態”，但他確信有關各方可以克服這些障礙。克里表示，以巴雙方要想達到目標，就需要做出妥協和困難的決定。

克里還談及內塔尼亞胡的擔憂，即世界各強國可能通過談判與伊朗達成一項協議，在伊朗不全部放棄其鈾濃縮能力的情況下減輕對伊朗的制裁。

美國及其西方盟國懷疑伊朗正在研製核武器。伊朗對此予以否認，聲稱其核項目是爲了和平目的。