EGYPT: ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS HOPE TO ANNOUNCE A FORMAL END TO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OF BLOODSHED UPCOMING SUMMIT

Record ID: 344962

  • Title: EGYPT: ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS HOPE TO ANNOUNCE A FORMAL END TO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OF BLOODSHED UPCOMING SUMMIT
  • Date: 8th February 2005
  • Summary: (BN10) SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 7, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV ZOOM OUT MURAL PAINTING AT SHARM EL SHEIKH AIRPORT; MURAL AND EGYPTIAN FLAG FLYING; SLV SEVEN EGYPTIAN FLAGS FLYING 0.15 2. SLV CAR AT ENTRANCE OF SHARM EL SHEIKH AIRPORT; MV SUITCASE IN THE BOOT OF THE CAR BEING SEARCHED; SCU SIGN READING "PEACE ROAD" 0.46 3. MV BOMB DETECTING MIRRORS USED BY SECURITY ON THE CAR; MV SECURITY GUARD ON WALKIE TALKIE; SLV GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE OF JOLIE VILLE GOLF RESORT; SLV SIGN OF JOLIE VILLE GOLF RESORT; SLV FLAGS FLYING 1.42 4. SLV ROAD LEADING TO ENTRANCE OF THE JOLIE VILLE GOLF RESORT; HAS POOL AND BAR INSIDE OF RESORT 1.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd February 2005 12:00
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  • Location: SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVA8ZIBMIHXRC6OKVJUO8VTM99A5
  • Story Text: Israel and the Palestinians hope to announce a
    formal end to more than four years of bloodshed at a summit
    in Egypt on Tuesday.

    Preparations were underway on Monday (February 7, 2005)
    for a crucial summit meeting between Israeli Prime
    Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud
    Abbas on Tuesday (February 8).

    The peace talks, to be joined by Egyptian President
    Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, would aim to
    solidify a shaky ceasefire by setting in motion a peace
    process based on a U.S.-backed "road map" to a Palestinian
    state.

    In the West Bank on Monday U.S. Secretary of State
    Condoleezza Rice held talks with Palestinian President
    Mahmoud Abbas pledging Washington's support for his efforts
    to end anti-Israeli violence and institute reforms.

    On her first visit to the Middle East since taking up
    her post last month, Rice proposed to Israeli Prime
    Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday a "security mechanism" that
    she indicated would involve the United States monitoring a
    ceasefire accord.

    The meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
    will mark a dramatic return to efforts to get a U.S.-backed
    peace "road map" back on track. The plan charts mutual
    steps towards establishment of a Palestinian state
    alongside a secure Israel.

    As expected security will be tight at Sharm El Sheikh
    airport and the Jolie Golf Resort where the summit will
    take place.


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