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Silvio wants EU support for Abbas
Italy, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, yesterday called on EU states to give greater support to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas rather than dwelling on President Yasser Arafat. "Preoccupation over the role of Arafat must not become so great as to make us forget an essential point: that our priority is to reinforce Prime Minister Abu Mazen," Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said using the name Abbas commonly uses. "Without a strong prime minister, the road map will run into problems," said after talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-07-12 |
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