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| Israel-Palestine |
| Sharon, Abbas meet at summit |
| 2005-02-08 |
| ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas have met for the first top-level summit between the two sides in more than four years. The two are expected to issue a joint ceasefire declaration at the culmination of the summit hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the shores of the Red Sea. Mr Sharon refused to have any contact with the late Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat, who died on November 11 and was replaced by Abbas. Mr Sharon had earlier met Mr Mubarak for the first time at the summit. Mr Sharon has not visited Egypt since being elected four years ago. Mr Mubarak has visited Israel only once, for the funeral of assassinated premier Yitzhak Rabin. |
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