The Maariv newspaper said Sunday that Netanyahu's comments last week were in response to signals from Syria that it wants to renew the long-stalled peace talks between the two countries. The newspaper, quoting  secret reports,  said Syria had indicated its interest in (resuming) talks in remarks made last week by the Syrian ambassador to Washington, Walid Mualem, in a lecture to a closed forum in Baltimore.  
 Verb: resuming
Yes