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Condoleezza Rice starts visit to Egypt
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 16 - 10 - 2007

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought support from Egypt on Tuesday in her quest to nudge Israelis and Palestinians closer together before a
Mideast peace conference tentatively set for late November.
Rice arrived in Cairo and was scheduled to speak with
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has played a key role
in mediating large and small conflicts between Israel and
the Palestinians and among squabbling Palestinians
factions.
After talks in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday,
Rice said Israel and the Palestinians must agree on how and
when to start formal peace talks.
In one of her strongest statements yet on the issue, Rice
declared that creation of a Palestinian state is a key U.S.
interest and urged the two sides to drop contentious
demands and reach consensus on a substantive joint
statement ahead of the international conference.
«Frankly, it's time for the establishment of a
Palestinian state,» Rice told a news conference with
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who she saw
on Tuesday, the second of an intense four-day Middle East
shuttle diplomacy mission.
«The United States sees the establishment of a
Palestinian state and a two-state solution as absolutely
essential for the future, not just of Palestinians and
Israelis but also for the Middle East and indeed to
American interests,» she said.
«That's really a message that I think only I can
deliver,» Rice said, explaining her mission to prepare for
the conference to be held in Annapolis, Md., as early as
late November.
Rice will see both sides again on Wednesday after visiting
Egypt. Then she will travel to London to meet Jordan's King
Abdullah II in a bid to build support for the meeting among
skeptical Arab nations.
In her talks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, she is
seeking to bridge wide gaps between Israel and the
Palestinians over the declaration to be endorsed in
Annapolis that President Bush hopes will lead to
negotiations for a final settlement of long-running
conflict.


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