UNITED STATES: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON CONTINUES HIS U.S. VISIT MEETING SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND U.S SENATE LEADERS

Record ID: 338069

  • Title: UNITED STATES: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON CONTINUES HIS U.S. VISIT MEETING SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND U.S SENATE LEADERS
  • Date: 27th June 2001
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 27, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON PHOTO OPPORTUNITY 0.17 2. MV: FOUNTAIN WITH CAPITAL BUILDING BEHIND 0.22 3. VARIOUS: SHARON MEETING WITH SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TOM DASCHLE AND MINORITY LEADER TRENT LOTT (4 SHOTS
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2001 13:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA60X1TN7UQ2PCEO18M4VGLLO1Y
  • Story Text: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met South African
    President Thabo Mbeki and the Capitol Hill leadership during
    his trip to Washington.


    Before leaving Washington, Sharon repeated that Israel
    insists on a total halt to violence before pushing ahead with
    the U.S-brokered peace plan.

    In a meeting with Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle and
    Senate minority leader Trent Lott, Sharon said "Peace should
    provide security and that is the most important thing."
    He returns home on Thursday (June 28) after a meeting with
    President George W. Bush that raised speculation in Israel of
    a rift between the two leaders on whether the U.S.-sponsored
    peace plan would kick in if violence did not cease.

    Nearly 600 people have been killed in nine months of
    fighting since a Palestinian uprising against Israeli
    occupation erupted last September after peace negotiations
    deadlocked.

    In Sharon's meeting with Thabo Mbeki the leaders discussed
    the question of Palestinian participation in normal economic
    activity.

    Asked about South Africa's role in the Middle East, Mbeki
    said, "I think we are in the fortunate position in that both
    sides speak quite openly to us."


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