Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, April 8, 2010:
“There [is] a coupling between what is required from the technical side to prepare for establishing a State on the one hand and between what can be expected in the way of a political process led by the international society efficiently and effectively to accomplish the mission of ending the occupation. … Further, our eyes must be directed to the second track [the political process] that must move with more speed in order to accomplish the mission of ending the occupation. … What encouraged me to adopt the two-year frame were the achievements accomplished in the two years that preceded the proclamation of the State blueprint. We moved with the country away from the brink of semi-complete decomposition and rampant anarchy. This gave me a feeling of confidence in the possibility of accomplishing the project. What we did since that day and until now is to enhance the achievements and gains through continuing to implement, improve, and develop in a number of domains. For example, the results have begun to become evident in the work of the judiciary. The process of litigations has started to move well. … In the domain of public order, the security bodies have succeeded in imposing order and security. … The positive indicators that have begun to accumulate over the past eight months bolstered my conviction that we are on the right track and that the period set for accomplishing the project is reasonable even though it still represents a challenge.
“Of course this project has an international dimension. What happened in Moscow [the statement of the meeting by the international Quartet] represented a very important turning point. This is not the first time the project enjoys such international support, but the Quartet dealt with the plan in such a clear and explicit way of support and backing, with such high enthusiasm, and this demonstrates the entrenchment of our effect. This plan is the first official Palestinian document that we issue with a clear political dimension.”
