US still hopes for Mideast deal in 2011: official

The United States is still holding out hope that a Middle East peace deal can be reached next year, a State Department official said Wednesday.

By Space Travel Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published December 7, 2010

The United States is still holding out hope that a Middle East peace deal can be reached next year, a State Department official said Wednesday.

"We're shifting our approach, but are still focused on the goal of a framework agreement within a year," State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley told reporters. "We believe that's still achievable."

"Obviously a lot of hard work is going have to be done, it's not going to easy, but we haven't changed our objective" set in August of reaching a peace agreement within 12 months, he said.

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