MIDDLE EAST: EU INVITES PEACE PLAN PROMOTERS FOR TALKS

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MIDDLE EAST: EU INVITES PEACE PLAN PROMOTERS FOR TALKS
   

Brussels, 4 May (AKI) - Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Qatar - the main proponents of an Arab plan for peace with Israel - have been invited by the EU to meet their counterparts from the bloc's member states to discuss the initiative, a EU spokeswoman has told Adnkronos International (AKI). Cristina Gallach a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, told AKI the meeting would take place in Brussels on 14-15 May. Arab League secretary general, Amr Moussa, would also probably participate she said.

The proposal for the meeting was made by Frank-Walter Steinmeier the foreign minister of Germany which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, during talks on the sidelines of a summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on reconstruction and stability in Iraq.

The Arab peace plan, first formulated by the Saudis in 2002, offers Israel diplomatic relations in exchange for a withdrawal of the Jewish state to its pre-1967 borders, a move meaning it would have to give up the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

The plan was revived at a 28 March Arab League summit in Riyadh.

MIDDLE EAST: EU INVITES PEACE PLAN PROMOTERS FOR TALKS

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EU invites Arab FMs to discuss Mideast peace plan

by Deborah Cole
Fri May 4, 10:40 AM ET

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited the prime movers behind an Arab Middle East peace plan to join a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on May 14.

He made the invite on Friday to foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Qatar as well as Arab League chief Amr Mussa during an international conference on Iraq, a source with the German delegation said.

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EU invites Arab FMs for talks
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Source ::: REUTERS
sharm El Sheikh • German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited the prime movers behind an Arab Middle East peace plan to join a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on May 14.

He made the invite yesterday to foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Qatar as well as Arab League chief Amr Moussa during an international conference on Iraq, a source with the German delegation said. Germany currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

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