RAMALLAH, Nov. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Sunday that Israel has suspended talks with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on all issues but reopening Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

    Erekat told reporters that the Palestinian leadership would discuss the operation of Rafah crossing among other things with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she visits Israel and the Palestinian territories next week.

    "We agreed that the crossing would be operated by Egypt and the Palestinians under a European supervision," he said.

    Israel's security cabinet last Tuesday approved an agreement with Cairo to reopen the Rafah crossing under the supervision of European inspectors.

    However, disputes are still unsettled on the authority of the inspectors, as Palestinians consider them advisers while Israel wants them to have veto power over security enforcement.

    Rafah crossing, the only exit of Gaza to the outside world, wasclosed in the absence of a deal several days before Israel completed withdrawal of settlers and troops from the Strip on Sept.12.

    Meanwhile, Erekat disclosed that the PNA would ask Rice to help resume the stalled peace talks on implementing the US-backed roadmap plan aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

    Israel insisted that the peace talks would not take place until the PNA took actions to disarm militant groups. Enditem