Posted on 09/30/2010 10:50:31 AM PDT by TaraP
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she would depart for the Middle East on Wednesday as diplomatic pressure intensified to save faltering Israel-Palestinian peace talks.
"I'm going to the Middle East tonight and I'll meet (US Middle East peace envoy) George Mitchell when I land tomorrow," Ashton told Reuters in an interview in Washington, adding that she also planned to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
'Very good rapport' The European Union is, along with the United States, the United Nations and Russia, one of the "Quartet" of Middle East peace mediators and Ashton said she would join with Mitchell in seeking to find a way to keep the talks alive.
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wait till those new iranian intermediate range missiles start landing in tel aviv...
timed for 01nov10 no doubt.
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