Blair visits Middle East in peace drive
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presidential election to choose Arafat&#39;s successor, arrived in Israel after a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday. Mahmoud Abbas -- frontrunner in next month&#39;s poll -- and Ahmed Qurie.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss his personal peace initiatives for the region, the next leg on a flying visit which took him to Iraq the previous day.
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The British prime minister Tony Blair continued his tour in the Palestinian territories after his meeting with the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday a planned London conference on Palestinian reform would be a critical step toward Middle East peace talks and a Palestinian state.
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Middle East would top the agenda of British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s upcoming trip to the United States as Blair is trying to revive the peace process in the region, Downing Street said on Monday.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a two-state solution is the &quot;absolute priority&quot; to bring peace to the Middle East amid speculation he is to become an envoy to the region.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Jerusalem for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He&#39;s hoping to get both sides to participate in a Mideast conference in London.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Israel next week for talks with his counterpart Ariel Sharon.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the peace process.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has left for Turkey to start a Middle East tour aimed at boosting moderate Islam and reaffirming his commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in Ankara on the first leg of a Middle East tour designed to advance the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and discuss Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
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Tony Blair was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday as he continued his fact-finding maiden visit to the region as the new envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet.
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UK News, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a personal quest Wednesday to bring peace to the Middle East, detailing plans for a Palestinian statehood conference in London in March.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is seeking to revive Middle East peace efforts, including arrangements for an international conference he hopes to host early next year.
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Britain will host a key summit in a bid to bring the Middle East &#39;road map to peace&#39; back on track, Tony Blair has confirmed.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as he continues a trip aimed at breathing new life into the dormant Middle East peace process and bolstering a UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon.
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Tony Blair arrived Monday in Israel on the second leg of his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, an AFP photographer said.