THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF WILL TRAVEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO MEET REGIONAL LEADERS, AN OFFICIAL SAID THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO AP. EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JAVIER SOLANA WILL LEAVE FROM SPAIN ON FRIDAY AND GO FIRST TO BEIRUT, WHERE HE WILL SPEND MOST OF SATURDAY AND MEET PRIME MINISTER FUAD SANIORA, SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER NAYLA MOUAWAD AND PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI, SPOKESWOMAN MARY BRAZIER SAID. SOLANA WILL THEN CONTINUE TO ISRAEL FOR TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT, FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI AND DEFENSE MINISTER AMIR PERETZ. HE WILL END HIS TRIP IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, WHERE HE WILL MEET PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR SAEB EREKAT, BRAZIER SAID.
