WEST BANK: U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MEETS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT
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222987
WEST BANK: U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MEETS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT
- Title: WEST BANK: U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MEETS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT
- Date: 23rd June 2000
- Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (JUNE 22, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. MV PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT AND U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN WALKING TO NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER MEETING 0.12 2. MV CAMERA CREWS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 0.15 3. SOUNDBITE (English) ANNAN SPEAKING AFTER MEETING ARAFAT: "I think as important as the developments in Lebanon, I think you are right, that we should not rest on our laurels and we should seek implememtation of Security Council resolutions in particular 242 and 338 and work to see progress in all tracks. "I am happy to say that I am in close touch with President Clinton and Mrs Albright on this process and with Prime Minister Barak, and we will do whatever we can to support this process, because we do need a just and comprehensive peace in the region." 0.59 4. SCU PHOTOGRAPHERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1.02 5. SOUNDBITE (English) ARAFAT "We are not asking for the moon, we are asking only what has been signed and what has been agreed upon to be implemented, accurately and honestly." 1.12 6. SCU PHOTOGRAPHERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 1.18 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) ARAFAT "Mr Secretary, we still have a long way to go on the Syrian track and the Palestinian track, and we need your efforts. We appreciate very much the efforts by the Secretary-General to push forward the peace process in all the tracks." 1.44 8. MV ARAFAT AND ANNAN WALKING AWAY 1.51 9. MV ARAFAT AND ANNAN SHAKING HANDS AND BIDDING FAREWELL 2.17 10. SLV EXTERIOR OF ARAFAT'S OFFICE 2.23 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
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- Story Text: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has met Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Annan is due to hold a second round of talks with Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Barak on the Lebanon border.
Annan met Arafat on Thursday (June 22) after holding a
second round of talks on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Barak, who said he would pursue peace with the
Palestinians despite a government crisis.
U.S. envoy Dennis Ross was expected to hold talks in the
region on Thursday to try to bring together Israelis and
Palestinians before a September target date for a peace
treaty.
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is scheduled to
return to the Middle East next week to try to narrow
land-for-peace gaps and set the stage for a possible summit to
be attended by Barak, Arafat and U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Israel and the Palestinians are trying to resolve the most
difficult issues at the heart of their conflict - Jerusalem,
Palestinian refugees, borders and Jewish settlements.
Annan said: "I think as important as the developments in
Lebanon, I think you are right, that we should not rest on our
laurels and we should seek implememtation of Security Council
resolutions in particular 242 and 338 and work to see progress
in all tracks.
"I am happy to say that I am in close touch with President
Clinton and Mrs Albright on this process and with Prime
Minister Barak, and we will do whatever we can to support this
process, because we do need a just and comprehensive peace in
the region."
Arafat said that Palestine was not "asking for the moon",
only for what had been signed and agreed upon to be
implemented, "accurately and honestly," adding that there was
still a long way to go and that Annan's efforts were needed.
He said: "We appreciate very much the efforts by the
Secretary-General to push forward the peace process."
His tour, including Iran, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt and
Jordan, has also been dominated by efforts to stabilise a
redrawn border after Israel withdrew its troops from south
Lebanon in May.
Annan is scheduled to visit Syria on Thursday.
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