Palestinians on uncertain ground with Bush administration
Special to World Tribune.com
MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Friday, April 13, 2001
GAZA — The Palestinian Authority appears to have ruled out the
prospect of a high-level meeting with the Bush administration.
PA officials played down reports that PLO Executive Committee secretary
Mahmoud Abbas would meet senior U.S. officials. Abbas was to have gone to
the United States for medical treatment and PA sources said he was
expected to meet with administration officials.
Abbas, however, said the reports are rumors. But he did not rule out an
eventual meeting with U.S. officials.
"There are no plans in the near future for meetings between American and
Palestinian officials," Abbas said. "I'm in Ramallah, and I haven't gone to
Washington until now but this does not mean that I won't go in future."
Abbas chaired a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee on Tuesday night.
PA Chairman Yasser Arafat briefed the panel on the Arab League summit in
Amman and an Egyptian-Jordanian peace proposal.
Friday, April 13, 2001
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