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Russia Wants U.N. to OK Mideast âMapâ
Russia introduced a resolution Thursday asking the U.N. Security Council to endorse the ``road mapââ peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the United States said the timing was not right."Nope, nope, wonât work, nope, nope." U.S. deputy ambassador James Cunningham cited the absence of a Palestinian government to implement the peace plan drafted by Russia, the United States, the United Nations and the European Union. The plan aims to end violence and establish a Palestinian state by 2005. ``We need to look at the context, the timing, and what we want the impact to be,ââ Cunningham said. ``We donât think the timing is right now since thereâs no Palestinian government in place and we just want to look carefully at how you position the step to do that to see that it has some beneficial impact.ââ Just love the way he slipped in the major dis on Yasser and WhatsHisFace the prime minister. No government, har-har. But Russiaâs U.N. Ambassador Sergey Lavrov disagreed, saying he would like the Security Council to approve the resolution unanimously next week to coincide with the formation of a new Palestinian government. Notice how our guy conveniently didnât notice that a new Paleo "government" would be formed. Earned his pay yesterday. That not only would show the new government it has Security Council support but also that it has an obligation to implement the peace plan, he said. "Obligation" doesnât translate into Arabic, does it? Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has asked Prime Minister Ahmed Especially since Vlad now owns Yukos. Posted by: Steve White 2003-10-31 |
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