Barak confirmed the meeting after talks with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, but did not say when it would take place.
“We are due to meet in the next few days. This is not the first time we are meeting and we will talk, I assume, about the situation on the ground, about security coordination,” Barak told reporters after the meeting.
“We will talk about economic issues, issues they want to raise and where we have things we want to raise, like confiscating goods (from settlements) or attempts to stop (Palestinian) workers from working in the settlements,” he said.
Barak said he would also raise the issue of the Palestinian “activities against us in the international arena.”
“I’m sure we will also hear their complaints and demands from us,” Barak said.
Fayyad’s office confirmed the meeting and said Palestinians planned to discuss demands that Israel lift it’s blockade of the Gaza Strip and Israeli military incursions into Palestinian cities.
Barak said his talks with Mitchell, who has been shuttling between Jerusalem and Ramallah, focused on moving to direct peace talks.
“The aim of the talks at this stage is to succeed in moving from proximity talks to direct talks with the Palestinians on all issues,” Barak said.
Mitchell was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later on Wednesday and with Palestinian leaders on Thursday.
Direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been blocked since December 2008 when Israel launched a deadly offensive against Gaza to halt rocket attacks.
Meanwhile, Israeli police have arrested a Palestinian politician who is slated for expulsion from Jerusalem because of his ties to Hamas.
Police say Mohammed Abu Teir was arrested Wednesday for ignoring a court order to leave Jerusalem. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says he will appear in court Thursday, and any decision on expelling him will be made by the court. Abu Teir’s lawyer confirms the arrest.
Israel recently released Abu Teir from prison but revoked his right to reside in Israeli-controlled East Jerusalem because of his Hamas membership.
Abu Teir was elected to the Palestinian parliament in 2006. He was imprisoned in an Israeli crackdown on Hamas several months later.
