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ISRAEL REOPENS TALKS WITH PALESTINIANS
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ISRAEL REOPENS TALKS WITH PALESTINIANS Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has met Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayed to discuss economic issues, in the first high level contact between the two sides for several months. Israeli officials told Reuters news agency that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon allowed the meeting to take place on the condition it did not deal with peace issues. One of the items discussed at the meeting was an international project to collect funds for the Palestinian people, officials from Mr. Peres' office said. A spokesman for Mr. Peres, Yoram Dori, said that the meeting would be “the first of a series” and that the Israeli foreign minister would hold talks with other Palestinian officials, including Palestinian Interior Minister Abdel Razaq al-Yahia on Tuesday. Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdul Rahman played down the importance of such talks, arguing that it was another attempt by Israel to dictate policy to the Palestinians. Diplomacy Since violence began 21 months ago meetings between the two sides have been rare. But last month Mr. Peres received permission to talk to members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's newly reshuffled cabinet, including Mr. al-Yahia and Mr. Fayed. The meeting came as the US State Department announced that a high level meeting on the Middle East is likely to take place next Monday. Spokesman Richard Boucher said the meeting would be held in New York and would consist of the so called Madrid Quartet — comprised of the US secretary of state, the Russian foreign minister, the UN secretary general, and an EU foreign affairs envoy. TEXT 3 US AND RUSSIA 'NEAR' NUCLEAR DEAL Russia and the US have both said it should soon be possible to conclude a new жүктеу/скачать 0,58 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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