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Senior Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in London
Jerusalem, Nov 27: Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon`s son and Yasser Arafat`s security adviser, were to meet in London today at the start a two-day conference on implementation of a US-backed peace plan.
Jerusalem, Nov 27: Senior Israeli and Palestinian
officials, including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son and
Yasser Arafat's security adviser, were to meet in London today
at the start a two-day conference on implementation of a
US-backed peace plan.
Israeli labor party lawmaker Ephraim Sneh said the
sides were invited by the British government to present their
positions and discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He
described the talks as ``not academic,'' but also not official
peace negotiations.
"The government in London and friends of
Israel...Arranged for a meeting...In which the top echelons
of the British government in the defense and political arenas
would be able to learn first hand on the situation between us
and the Palestinians and what can be done,'' Sneh told Israel
radio in an interview from London.
The British foreign office said the government did
not organise the talks but that middle east minister baroness
symons is attending tomorrow's session.
The talks will focus on renewing long-stalled peace
talks and implementation of the internationally backed ``road
map,'' which envisions the formation of a Palestinian state
by 2005.
Likud Party legislator Omri Sharon, the Israeli Prime
Minister's son who has met Yasser Arafat at his father's
behest in the past, is part of the Israeli delegation, Sneh
confirmed.
Bureau Report