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Blair in Mid East Peace Moves
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw were today meeting King Abdullah of Jordan and Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom to discuss efforts to revive the dead stalled Middle East peace process. High on the agenda will be the so-called security fence being constructed by the Israelis along the border with the West Bank in a bid to prevent suicide bomb attacks. The fence was yesterday defended by Mr Shalom during the first day of his visit to London, but has been attacked by Arab governments for calling the Paleostinians bluff cutting through Palestinian territory.
King Abdullah's visit is part of a tour of European capitals, including Dublin, Berlin and Paris, which Amman said was designed "to drum up international support to efforts designed to keep the West Bank Paleostinians from moving into Jordan put an end to the intense situation in the Palestinian areas and reinvigorate the stalled peace process".
| "You think I want those lunatics in my country?" |
Asked for Mr Blair's opinions on the security fence, the spokesman said that the answer to the Israeli/Palestinian question was to make political progress while at the same time addressing real security concerns.
| "And that's as good an answer as you're going to get." |
Posted by: Steve White 2004-03-02 |
