- Title: GAZA: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV MEETS PLO CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT.
- Date: 1st April 1995
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP (APRIL 1, 1995)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV PANS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV'S CAR ARRIVING AT PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANISATION LEADER (PLO) YASSER ARAFAT'S HEADQUARTERS 0.13 2. SV KOZYREV GREETED BY PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS/KOZYREV INSPECTING PALESTINIAN GUARD OF HONOUR (3 SHOTS) 0.46 3. SV K
- Embargoed: 16th April 1995 13:00
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- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVAYZN8RRGFUZCE9WH225VHED47
- Story Text: Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev met Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat in self-ruled Gaza on Saturday (April 1) on the last stop of his tour to bolster the flagging Middle East peace process.
Arafat greeted Kozyrev at the PLO headquarters after Kozyrev examined PLO troops. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations, ways of implementing agreements between the two countries and Russian economic assistance to Palestine.
After the meeting both men agreed the discussions had been "fruitful".
Kozyrev promised the Palestinians material assistance, which a Palestinian official said comprised 45 vehicles and several jeeps for the Palestinian police.
Arafat urged Kozyrev to press Israel to implement the next stage of the 1993 PLO-Israeli agreement -- Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian parts of the West Bank, followed by Palestinian elections.
Earlier in the day Kozyrev toured the old city of Jerusalem and historic Bethlehem.
Kozyrev was to meet his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, on Saturday, and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Sunday.
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