Areikat: UN Move Helps 'Keep Hope Alive' for Palestinians
The Christian Science Monitor - St. Regis Hotel
On Monday, September 13, 2011, Palestinian Ambassador Maen Areikat joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters.
Maen Rashid Areikat is the Palestinian Ambassador to Washington. Prior to his appointment to Washington, Mr. Areikat was bestowed the
rank of Ambassador by Chairman of the PLO and Palestinian National
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Maen Areikat served for 11
years at the Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) of the PLO in
Ramallah, most recently as its Deputy Head and Coordinator-General
(2008-2009). Areikat first joined NAD in 1998, when it was headed by
current Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), and served as
its Director-General until March 2008. In addition to overseeing NAD’s
day-to-day operations, Mr. Areikat was responsible for overseeing the
work of the Negotiations Support Unit (NSU), which provides legal,
policy, communication and technical support to Palestinian Negotiating
Teams and to the Palestinian Leadership.
