France, Jordan set for close cooperation on Mideast
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France and Jordan want to work &quot;hand-in-hand&quot; to help resolve crises in the Middle East, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday following talks with King Abdullah II.
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Top Palestinian officials are to meet the French president in the hope of visiting the ailing Yasser Arafat.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts on  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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France hosts an international aid conference aimed at reviving the state of the Palestinian economy.
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Japan is planning to host a meeting with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials next month to help broker peace in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday. "We haven't solidified plans, but we are trying to arrange it for March 14," Aso told a news conference.
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As the Palestinians' main donor and Israel's top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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France said Wednesday it would host a high-level summit in New York later this month to discuss peace and security issues in Africa.
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Visiting Foreign Minister Michel Barnier pledged French help to ensure the success of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan as he sought to open a new chapter in recently fraught relations.
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As the Palestinians&#39; main donor and Israel&#39;s top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II left on working visits to France and Italy for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation in Iraq ( news - web sites ) and terrorism, the state-run Petra news agency ...
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Barely two weeks after its VIP treatment for a dying Yasser Arafat, France reached out to Israel on Wednesday, hosting a delegation of Israeli economic officials.
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The US secretary of state is due to meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders as part of a new diplomatic effort.
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GIRONA, Spain, Nov. 16 -- Spain, France and Italy agreed on Thursday to work on a joint plan to try to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling for a total cease-fire and suggesting they could send truce monitors to the area.
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PARIS : King Abdullah of Jordan held talks on the Middle East with President Jacques Chirac after warning in a newspaper interview that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current state of insecurity.
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"I've said several times... that it's time for Israel to make gestures which would show that peace is possible, including ending settlements"  France will have no more contact with Syria until Damascus shows willingness to let Lebanon end its long-running political crisis and find a new president, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. via New Straits Times
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The death of Yasser Arafat has brought a flurry of diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East by Arab, Palestinian and Israeli leaders aiming to revive long-stalled peace negotiations on several fronts.
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II will meet the Quartet&#39;s Middle East envoy Tony Blair in Amman on Sunday for talks on peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel.