Bush offers toast to peaceful Middle East
Offering a toast for peace, U.S. President George Bush Monday praised Mideast conferees for trying to help Israel and Palestine reach an accord.
The United States is committed "to all those in the Middle East who wish to live in freedom and peace," Bush said during a State Department-sponsored dinner for diplomats from more than 40 countries, who will meet in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday to begin the latest effort to reach a Mideast peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.
"I'm encouraged by the presence of so many here," Bush said of the countries represented at the Israeli-Palestinian discussions on, among other things, the creation of a Palestinian state.
While extremists and terrorists "want our efforts to fail," the meeting offers "a more hopeful vision of a Middle East growing in peace and prosperity," he said.
After offering a toast of Israeli and Palestinian states existing side by side in peace, Bush walked along the head table, clinking his glass with other dignitaries attending the dinner. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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