An Israeli official said Wednesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday.

Olmert's spokeswoman Miri Eisin said that the venue of their meeting will be set later in the day.

On Tuesday, official Palestinian sources announced that Abbas and Olmert would meet in Jerusalem next week "in accordance to what both had agreed upon, which is, to hold regular meetings between the two men fortnightly."

"The meeting is to tackle issues related to expanding a cease-fire to include the West Bank and end military operations and campaigns of arrests there, in addition to reactivating the Middle East peace process," said the sources.

The sources added that the prisoners swap deal would also be tackled in the meeting.

(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2007)