The Middle East Quartet"s call on Israel...
"The Quartet"s statement ignores the experiences of the past 16 years and does not take into account that peace must be constructed from the ground up, with practical actions on the ground," Avigdor Lieberman said according to Israel"s Ynetnews service.
"You cannot force peace artificially, in an unrealistic timetable," he added.
"Such announcements only distance the goal of achieving a true settlement between Israel and Palestinians by giving the Palestinian side the false impression that feet dragging and refusal to sit at the negotiations table under false pretence will bring them closer to their goal."
The statement comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the Quartet"s special representative Tony Blair met for the Middle East Quartet of international mediators in Moscow earlier on Friday.