U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will bring together the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the coming weeks for a summit dedicated to exploring ideas for an eventual Palestinian state, AP reported. The announcement came after Rice met with President Hosni Mubarak in this southern Egyptian town, following a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Rice told reporters in Luxor that her talks during the visits dealt with laying the groundwork for «a political horizon that will lead to a Palestinian state.» She said she would «soon meet» with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas «to have discussions on the broad issues of that horizon, so we can work on the road map and try to accelerate the road map to move to a Palestinian state.» She said the summit with Olmert and Abbas would take place «relatively soon» but did not set a date.
