USA: U.S.A SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SILVAN SHALOM

Record ID: 222944

  • Title: USA: U.S.A SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SILVAN SHALOM
  • Date: 6th July 2004
  • Summary: (U6) WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (JULY 6, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL AND ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SILVAN SHALOM WALK OUT OF STATE DEPARTMENT 0.07 2. SLV/SV JOURNALIST (2 SHOTS) 0.14 3. MCU PHOTOGRAPHERS 0.18 4. SV SECURITY PERSONNEL 0.24 5. MCU (English) POWELL SAYING: "I have nothing to say to this matter. The Israeli government can speak to it and I think that the Prime Minster has spoken to it and I'm sure that Mr. ElBaradei will have good conversations with the Israeli government on the issue." 0.45 6. SLV PRESS CONFERENCE 0.49 7. SV JPURNALIST PAN TO MCU (English) SILVAN SHALOM SAYING: "We are having Dr. ElBaradei from today until Thursday. I believe that he will have good meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister and with other high officials in Israel. I myself will meet him in the airport on my way back from the States and he will be back home. We are talking to ElBaradei, it's not our first meeting. I met him a few months ago in Vienna. We believe that we should cooperate. We are working with each other. But the main problem is Iran. Iran is the country that announced that one missile toward Israel will destroy the Jewish state. So we should be concerned about Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapon. More than that, they are trying now to develop a new missile that will include Berlin, London, Paris and the southern part of Russia in its range. So, if we would have to do something with ElBaradei, it's to ask him to continue with his efforts to push the Iranians to put an end to their efforts to develop nuclear weapons" 2.06 8. SLV JOURNALISTS 2.08 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Story Text: Israeli Foreign Minister says Israel will work with
    ElBaradei, but warns IAEA should be more concerned about
    Iran's nuclear powers.




    United States Secretary of State Colin Powell met
    with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Tuesday
    (July 6) to discuss issues pertaining to the removal of
    settlements in the West Bank.

    After their meeting, Powell told journalists that the
    administration was disappointed by the Israeli government's
    failure to remove illegal outposts, but reinforced the
    administration's confidence in the Sharon government.

    The meeting comes as U.N. nuclear watchdog head Mohamed
    ElBaradei arrived in Israel to start talks on ridding the
    Middle East of atomic arms.

    Israel neither confirms nor denies having nuclear arms.

    ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency,
    wants to get the Israelis to drop their "strategic
    ambiguity" policy, diplomats said. The Jewish state says
    this is impossible at present because of continued
    hostility from the neighboring Arab world and Iran.

    "We are talking to ElBaradei, it's not our first
    meeting. I met him a few months ago in Vienna. We believe
    that we should cooperate. We are working with each other.

    But the main problem is Iran. Iran is the country that
    announced that one missile toward Israel will destroy the
    Jewish state. So we should be concerned about Iranian
    efforts to develop nuclear weapon."
    "More than that, they are trying now to develop a new
    missile that will include Berlin, London, Paris and the
    southern part of Russia in its range. So, if we would have
    to do something with ElBaradei, it's to ask him to continue with his
    ef
    forts to push the Iranians to put an end to
    their efforts to develop nuclear weapons," Shalom said.

    Diplomats said ElBaradei intended during his three-day
    visit to "promote the concept of a nuclear free zone in the
    Middle East" in meetings with senior Israeli officials.

    Shalom will meet ElBaradei on Thursday (July 8) at
    Pittsburgh International Airport.


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