ISRAEL: Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman voices commitment for peace as he meets Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak

Record ID: 397158

  • Title: ISRAEL: Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman voices commitment for peace as he meets Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak
  • Date: 5th November 2010
  • Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 4, 2010) (AP FOR POOL) ===EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING=== (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF OMAR SULEIMAN, SAYING: "We are very concerned about moving the peace process forward. We still think that we have a good opportunity, we should not lose it. You know that the peace process is very important, not only for Egypt
  • Embargoed: 20th November 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA911GECQO6YMKKWM08XHLUA1B2
  • Story Text: Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman voices commitment for peace as he meets Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
    Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman voiced his country's commitment to peace on Thursday (November 4) as he met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv.
    Suleiman said his visit to the region was aimed at pushing for resumption of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians, which were launched early September in Washington, but are already stuck over Israeli settlement building on occupied land.
    "We are very concerned about moving the peace process forward. We still think that we have a good opportunity, we should not lose it. You know that the peace process is very important, not only for Egypt but for all the Arab world, for the Palestinian, for the Israelis and for everybody in this region," Suleiman said.
    "We honour him (Suleiman) as a devoted and consistent supporter of bringing us and the Palestinians together and promoting the peace in the region," Barak said.
    Egypt has been involved in attempts to forge Palestinian unity, which is seen as crucial to any prospect for a Palestinian state based on peace with Israel. But the Islamist group Hamas has so far rejected a pact proposed by Egypt to end its row with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group.
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