Syria rejects President George W. Bush's proposal for an international conference on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict because it wouldn't seek a comprehensive Middle East peace agreement, Syria's United Nations envoy said. " We do not need a new framework," Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari said. "Just one minute before he talked about it, he attacked Syria and Iran, which means he is excluding them and that his approach would not be comprehensive."
Bush yesterday said he would convene an international meeting this fall among the Palestinians, Israel and countries in the region that support his plan for establishing a democratic Palestinian state peacefully existing side-by-side with Israel. David Welch, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, said it had yet to be determined when the meeting would take place, who would take part, or what could be achieved. |