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| Bush issues rally call for talks |
| US President George W Bush has said "a battle is underway" for the future of the Middle East as regional leaders gathered for a key peace conference
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 27-November-2007
9:34:33 AM |
| Mr Bush said in prepared remarks ahead of the Maryland conference that the aim of the meeting was to launch talks, not conclude a peace agreement.
At Annapolis are the Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as senior Syrian and Saudi Arabian delegates.
In the West Bank, one person was killed in a protest against the conference.
Palestinian security forces broke up several protests against the Annapolis gathering, including one in the town of Ramallah. One man was killed in Hebron, Palestinian medical officials said.
There was a further large protest in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
Low expectations
Mr Bush is hoping to find a solution before he leaves office in early 2009.
In remarks prepared for delivery to the diplomats and representatives from more than 40 countries and international organisations, Mr Bush said the goal of creating a Palestinian state to co-exist in peace alongside Israel would not be easy
Such a state will provide Palestinians with the chance to lead lives of freedom, purpose and dignity," Mr Bush said in the statement released by the White House.
"And such a state will help provide Israelis with something they have been seeking for generations: to live in peace with their neighbours."
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as well as Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad are in attendance.
Their presence is regarded as vital, but expectations of any substantial progress at the meetings at the naval academy in Annapolis remain low.
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