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Rice in final push for Middle East peace talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the heads of Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams ahead of a key Middle East peace talk in Annapolis.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:41 November 26, 2007
Washington: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the heads of Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams ahead of a key Middle East peace talk in Annapolis.
Palestinian sources said that Rice met with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and former Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei to hammer out differences.
The US-sponsored peace summit starts on Tuesday.
Syria said it would be joining more than 40 countries expected to attend.
Damascus has been offered talks on reviving Israel-Syria peace moves, which centre on the Golan Heights, although Golan is not on the main conference agenda.
On Friday, Saudi Arabia announced that it would attend, another boost to US efforts to win wide Arab support for the conference.
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