"Israel and the Palestinian Authority are committed to reaching peace."
The brief meeting at the premier's official residence in Jerusalem lasted just under half an hour and saw Netanyahu and his chief negotiator Yitzhak Molcho meeting with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat and intelligence chief Majed Faraj, it said.
"Within two weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send a letter to president Abbas," it said.
"The two sides hope that this exchange of letters will help find the way to advance peace."
Speaking to AFP shortly afterwards, Erakat expressed satisfaction over the brief encounter.
"It was a serious meeting," he said. "Netanyahu will study the letter seriously and answer it within two weeks."
What would you have did if you would have gotten that letter ?
D'Asia Smith