ISRAEL: U.S. PEACE ENVOY DENNIS ROSS ARRIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR TALKS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK AND PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT

Record ID: 350090

  • Title: ISRAEL: U.S. PEACE ENVOY DENNIS ROSS ARRIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR TALKS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK AND PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT
  • Date: 16th November 1999
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (NOVEMBER 15, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF KNESSET BUILDING 0.05 2. SLV U.S. ENVOY DENNIS ROSS ENTERS BARAK'S OFFICE 0.18 3. MCU CAMERAMAN 0.22 4. SLV ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK IN KNESSET CORRIDOR 0.38 5. SLV PEOPLE IN CORRIDOR 0.42 6. SV DENNIS ROSS WALKING TOWARDS MEDIA 0.46 7. MCU (English
  • Embargoed: 1st December 1999 12:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA5LPMMH4ZFS1DXZO4DW7AG9ZGY
  • Story Text: U.S.peace envoy Dennis Ross has arrived in the
    Middle East for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
    and Palestinian President Yassar Arafat.Ross faces an
    immediate challenge after an Israeli-Palestinian summit failed
    to clear the way for a handover of more West Bank land.

    U.S.President Bill Clinton's Middle East envoy
    said on Monday (November 15) that a logjam over a handover of
    more West Bank land would not deter him from pushing forward
    talks aimed at a permanent Israeli-Palestinian peace.

    Dennis Ross met Prime Minister Ehud Barak on after the
    Israeli leader and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat failed
    in an overnight summit to agree which five percent of the West
    Bank Israel would hand over to self-rule.

    A September interim peace deal had set Monday for the
    handover.But Ross, voicing confidence the troop withdrawal
    would ultimately go forward, said he intended to concentrate
    on the goal Clinton had set for him.

    " They have an implementation process and the
    implementation process has been working.Problems have cropped
    up before and they have been worked out.My focus will be
    very much on the permanent status."
    The Palestinians have demanded control of areas more
    densely populated than the zones Israel has proposed.


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