JERUSALEM: U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SAYS SYRIAN VISIT HAS ADDED TO THE MOMENTUM FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

Record ID: 1011316

  • Title: JERUSALEM: U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SAYS SYRIAN VISIT HAS ADDED TO THE MOMENTUM FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
  • Date: 27th October 1994
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 27, 1994) (ISRAEL POOL- ACCESS ALL) 1. HAS,GV UNITED STATES (U.S.) PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WALK ONTO STAGE 0.09 2. SV CLINTON SPEAKING ON WHAT SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD TOLD HIM ABOUT TERRORISM (ENGLISH) 0.16 3. HAS,SV TO SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER IN AUDIENCE AND ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHIMON PERES 0.22 4. SV CLINTON SAYING HE IS CONVINCED ENERGY HAS BEEN ADDED TO PEACE TALKS WITH HIS TRIP TO SYRIA (ENGLISH) 0.30 5. HAS,LV/PAN MEDIA (2 SHOTS) 0.38 6. SV CLINTON SPEAKING 1.07 7. SV SHIMON PERES IN AUDIENCE 1.11 8. LV/SV ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN SAYING HE BELIEVES CLINTON'S VISIT TO SYRIA HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL (ENGLISH) (2 SHOTS) 1.45 9. SV U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER AND PERES IN AUDIENCE. 1.50 10. SV/LV RABIN SAYING HE LOOKS FORWARD TO OVERCOMING DIFFERENCES WITH SYRIA AND LEBANON (ENGLISH) 2.08 TRANSCRIPT OF SEQUENCE 2/3/4/5:CLINTON: " I WENT THERE BECUASE I WAS CONVINCED THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD NEW ENERGY TO THE TALKS AND I COME AWAY FROM SYRIA CONVINCED THAT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS - THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGE IN THE POSITIONS THAT OFFER MORE PROGRESS AND I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RETURN TO THE REGION. TRANSCRIPT OF SEQUENCE 6:CLINTON: " ONE THING THAT I DO REGRET ABOUT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, I REGRET THAT PRESIDENT ASSAD DID NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IN PUBLIC WHAT HE SAID TO NME IN PRIVATE ABOUT HIS DEEP REGRET ABOUT THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES PARTICULARLY THE BUS BOMBING. HE SAID TO ME YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO END THE KILLING OF INNOCENTS WHEREEVER IT OCCURS WHETHER IT WAS ON THAT BUS OR IN HEBRON." TRANSCRIPT OF SEQUENCE 8: RABIN: "NO DOUBT THE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT IN DAMACUS, I BELIEVE IT WILL BRING ABOUT THE CERTAIN CHANGES OF MOVEMENTS TOWARDS BETTER NEGOTIATIONS, BETTER POSSIBILITIES, TO OVERCOME THE GAPS BETWEEN THE POSITIONS OF ISRAEL AND SYRIA." TRANSRIPT OF SEQUENCE 10: RABIN:"WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME YET THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SYRIA, LEBANON AND US." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
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