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Monday, January 10, 2005
Haaretz: Sharon, Abbas to meet
In a signal that the situation in the Middle East might begin to improve, Ariel Sharon has agreed to have a meeting with the newly-elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israel's Haaretz newspaper has the scoop:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was planning to telephone Palestinian president-elect Mahmoud Abbas today to congratulate him on Sunday's election victory. Government sources in Jerusalem said on Monday that arrangements were being made for a meeting between Abbas and Sharon in the coming days.Perhaps this could be the start of something good.
Abbas said on Monday that Palestinians "extend our hands to our neighbors. We are ready for peace, peace based on justice. We hope that their response will be positive," and he called for a resumption of peace talks based on the internationally-backed road map peace plan.
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