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Differences over colonies postpone Netanyahu-Mitchell meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Paris for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:34 June 24, 2009
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- A Palestinian worker at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish colony of Maaleh Adumim. Israel is defying US pressure to freeze construction in West Bank colonies.
Paris: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Paris for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
However, differences with the United States over colonies led to a postponement of a meeting between Netanyahu and Middle East ambassador George Mitchell, an official said.
The Israeli official said his government postponed the meeting because it wanted more time to iron out differences over the colonies.
The meeting with Mitchell was to have taken place in Paris where Netanyahu arrived on Wednesday.
Aides said Defence Minister Ehud Barak would instead meet Mitchell next week in Washington.
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