FRANCE: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Paris
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FRANCE: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Paris
- Title: FRANCE: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Paris
- Date: 17th December 2007
- Summary: VARIOUS OF ROUNDTABLE WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND PALESTINIAN PM SALAM FAYYAD (4 SHOTS) REPORTERS OUTSIDE MEETING ROOM
- Embargoed: 1st January 2008 10:31
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVA1GJ8430XAY53KQSQE4YREP1LA
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- Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad at the American Residence in Paris.
U.S. Secretary of State who flew to Paris for a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators and a Palestinian donors' conference, has met with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Paris on Sunday (December 16) at the American residence.
The one-day meeting is the financial follow-up to a U.S.-sponsored conference in Annapolis last month which relaunched formal peace talks with the goal of reaching an agreement on Palestinian statehood by the end of 2008. The conference on Monday (December 17) aims to raise almost $6 billion for the Palestinian government, strengthening the position of Abbas who holds sway in the occupied West Bank after Hamas Islamists took control of the Gaza Strip in June.
The Israelis and Palestinians held their first formal peace negotiations in seven years on Dec. 12 but the talks were marred by Palestinian anger over Israel's decision, announced the week after Annapolis, to build 300 homes in occupied east Jerusalem. A further round of negotiations is scheduled for Dec. 23.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. had no advance knowledge of Israel's decision about the homes and the incident was "ever more reason that it's time to get an agreement" between the two sides.
The U.S. State Department said on Sunday Washington would pledge more than $550 million in Palestinian aid. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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