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Jordan's Abdullah: U.S. must ensure success of Mideast conference

By The Associated Press

Jordan's King Abdullah II told the top American official on the Middle East Thursday that the U.S. must work hard to guarantee the success of an international peace conference scheduled for November.

Abdullah told Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs David Welch, who arrived here unexpectedly, that America must work hard to guarantee that the upcoming conference would culminate in substantial progress in the peace process, the official Petra news agency reported.

He went on to say that the U.S.-sponsored conference must tackle all outstanding issues between Palestinians and Israelis, foremost among them are those pertaining to final status.

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The king was referring to core issues that have tormented Mideast peacemakers for decades, such as Palestinian refugees, final borders and the fate of Jerusalem.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have for the first time addressed such issues in depth at a meeting in Jerusalem - a move that represented an important building block for the fall peace conference.

Abdullah has embraced U.S. President George W. Bush's call for convening the fall
meeting, saying it provided a rare opportunity for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace
talks and was in line with an Arab peace plan that envisions an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

The conference must lay out a working plan with a specific timetable, Abdullah said.

Jordan has repeatedly called for a mechanism to measure progress in Mideast peace negotiation so that both Palestinians and Israelis would not shun their peace obligations.

Earlier this week, Abdullah hosted Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and also toured France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in a fresh bid of his own to energize the peace process.

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1.	Best way to ensure success	08:25	\|	Binyamin Dissen	07/09/07

2.	An eventual success will be when most of the West Bank will turn	08:45	\|	Reuvi Yaron	07/09/07

3.	An unconvetional plan for painless end to the Israeli occupation:	09:05	\|	Uzi	07/09/07

4.	As always, the Arabs try to get everything for nothing or worse:	09:17	\|	Uzi	07/09/07

5.	the comic opera king sits on palestine	11:35	\|	victor hardman	07/09/07

6.	3$4 Uzi.Sharon said Israel was built on les.GET IT!	11:38	\|	Shaundau	07/09/07

7.	Corrected.Sharon,Israel Empire Built on Lies	11:43	\|	Samuel	07/09/07

8.	US will screw Arabs like usual	14:19	\|	spyguy	07/09/07

9.	# 5 Victor of Belfast	14:52	\|	Lynn	07/09/07

10.	#8 spyguy	15:15	\|	Lynn	07/09/07

11.	peace will come when......	15:19	\|	ravi	07/09/07

12.	IF ABDULLAH WANTS TO TALK BIG,LET HIM ACT BIG	15:43	\|	Ian	07/09/07

13.	Lynn - the King knows if there is no fair deal	16:14	\|	spyguy	07/09/07

14.	King Abdullah	17:43	\|	Barney Panofsky	07/09/07

15.	King Abdullah wants guarantees	18:38	\|	* BEN JABO	07/09/07

16.	THE REAL QUESTION	18:39	\|	Mark of Lewiston	07/09/07

17.	wrong arabs must ensure success of	18:56	\|	ralph	07/09/07

18.	Peace	15:15	\|	don burrows	08/09/07

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