He said Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz made that clear to Abbas during their meeting in Riyadh last week.
"Malki told the president of the Swedish parliament and his delegation, who he met at his office in Ramallah, that Saudi Arabia fully supports Palestinian efforts to reach a settlement based on the international resolutions" the report said.The statements were an apparent response to a slew of media reports, including in the Sunday Times and Israel's Channel 10, claiming that Riyadh and particularly Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman had told Abbas to go along with President Donald Trump's regional peacemaking blueprint.The clarification by Maliki may also be a response to a widely circulated report in Hezbollah affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar, in which a secret document, purportedly penned by the Saudi foreign minister, presented a plan for bringing about a regional peace agreement.