JERUSALEM: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON COMMENTS ON HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON FOR TALKS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Record ID: 400469

  • Title: JERUSALEM: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON COMMENTS ON HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON FOR TALKS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
  • Date: 5th February 2002
  • Summary: (U6)JERUSALEM (FEBRUARY 5, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON AND ISRAELI PRESIDENT MOSHE KATZAV SITTING ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER 0.03 2. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON SAYING: "I'm ready to compromise for genuine, for durable, for true peace. We are not with the Palestinians talking an
  • Embargoed: 20th February 2002 12:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAAKJQ7BV4Q7B037MKP0J3XEYI6
  • Story Text: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has commented on
    his upcoming visit to Washington for talks with U.S. President
    George W. Bush. The talks are likely to focus on Iran and Iraq
    as well as on the continuing Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed.


    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met with President
    Katzav in Jerusalem on Tuesday (February 5) ahead of Sharon's
    visit to Washington to meet with U.S. President George W.

    Bush.

    Talks between Sharon and Bush are due to address the issue
    of Iran as well as concerns over Iraq and the 17-month-old
    Palestinian uprising against occupation which erupted after
    peace talks stalled.

    "I'm ready to compromise for genuine, for durable, for
    true peace. We are not with the Palestinians talking an hour
    about the political solution with the Palestinians. We talk
    only about one thing, that is full cessation of violence and
    terror," Sharon told reporters.

    As violence continues, Israel and the United States
    continue to urge Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, confined
    to his West Bank headquarters by Israeli tanks, to do more to
    rein in militants.
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