Mideast peace talks move to Maryland
Hundreds of delegates to Middle East peace talks from more than 40 countries traveled Tuesday from Washington to Annapolis, Md., for a second day of talks.
Monday, U.S. President George Bush held private talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and Tuesday morning at the U.S. Naval Academy campus, Bush was to give a speech to the delegates.
Various delegations were scheduled to make speeches throughout the afternoon in sessions moderated by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The Bush administration's goal is that the conference will lead to final status talks on such divisive issues such as partitioning Jerusalem, Israeli borders and the status of Palestinian refugees, CNN reported.
The U.S. conference is a major return of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East after seven years in which the administration focused largely on what it calls the global war on terrorism, the Baltimore Sun said. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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