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Ramon: Delay tackling issues that we can't agree on with PA

By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent

tags: Tzipi Livni, Israel

Vice Premier Haim Ramon said Tuesday that Israel and the Palestinians should delay tackling the issues on which they do not agree until after the upcoming Annapolis peace summit.

"At the Annapolis summit, Israel and the Palestinians need to formulate the primary agreements and leave those things on which they do not agree to the negotiations that will be launched after the summit," said Ramon, while participating in a panel titled "Between Agreement and the Unilateral Option" at a Sderot conference.

However, Ramon said, "due to political problems it is unclear whether this is possible."

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"Should we be unable to reach an agreement with partners like Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas] and [Palestinian Prime Minister] Salam Fayad, it is unclear with whom we can," he added.

The U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis will take place in the last week of November, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters after meeting with President Shimon Peres on Tuesday.

Olmert added that formal invitations have yet to be sent out and that Israel is interested in Syria's participation in the conference.

"We believe that Syria's participation is the right thing. I hope that if the process with the Palestinians will succeed then it will encourage a similar [peace] process with Syria."

Olmert also said that negotiations with the Palestinians on the core issues - Jerusalem, borders and refugees - will begin after the conference and that every concrete move will be carried out in accordance with the U.S.-backed road map.

"Both sides are committed to a number of steps," Olmert said, "and we are prepared to fulfill our commitments in order to move forward."

Olmert and Peres also spoke at length about the president's trip to Turkey next week, where he is expected to take part in a summit with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Abbas. Peres will address the Turkish parliament during his visit, making him the first Israeli ever to speak at a Muslim parliament.

Livni: Arab world must come to peace summit with no preconditions

At a summit with top European and Mideast envoys in Lisbon on Monday, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said that the Arab world must come to the U.S.-led peace conference with no preconditions.

"The Arab world must support any decision or compromise reached by the Palestinians," Livni told European and Middle Eastern foreign ministers gathered in the Portuguese capital, "instead of dictating the final outcome of the conference."

"Had the Arab world conducted itself differently, the Palestinians could be celebrating 60 years of their independence - or at least the seven-year anniversary of their state," Livni added.

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Mauritania were all present while Livni spoke. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki also attended the conference.

Livni added that "it is clear that we must enter substantial negotiations following the Annapolis conference. Israel is not trying to evade the most sensitive core issues. Both sides must understand that compromises are needed and the dialogue will have to be backed up by actual concrete moves."

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1.	As should Israel	12:43	\|	Chris Linthwaite	06/11/07

2.	questionable tactics	12:57	\|	realism	06/11/07

3.	Mutuality at risk....	13:05	\|	Esther	06/11/07

4.	The thief lecturing the world	13:27	\|	Sam (UK)	06/11/07

5.	What is the reason for this nonsense !	13:37	\|	redmike	06/11/07

6.	FROM PEREZ FOR "TERRORISTS"	13:37	\|	indrajaya	06/11/07

7.	Why should any Arabs come at all?	13:38	\|	Natallie Durson	06/11/07

8.	#1 - are you serious - the talks are not serious!	13:41	\|	redmike	06/11/07

9.	Actually, I would want the Arab states coming to Annapolis to	13:45	\|	Avihu	06/11/07

10.	#4 - at least bigots that lack knowlege make us laugh !	13:46	\|	redmike	06/11/07

11.	#1 - `as should Israel` - what ?	13:53	\|	redmike	06/11/07

12.	Why Is This Non-Starter A Headline?	14:01	\|	Yishai Kohen	06/11/07

13.	rights	14:04	\|	joseba	06/11/07

14.	# 10, REDMIKE (RE: SAM UK)	14:11	\|	indrajaya	06/11/07

15.	come to the jamboree but please say nothing	14:20	\|	victor hardman	06/11/07

16.	Mullahs will have nukes soon	15:46	\|	Jonathan S	06/11/07

17.	The conflict is not about territory	16:00	\|	Jonathan S	06/11/07

18.	Livni:no preconditions	16:03	\|	Canadian	06/11/07

19.	Annapolis summit	16:05	\|	John	06/11/07

20.	No Preconditions????	16:23	\|	Joe	06/11/07

21.	Prepared to Make Commitments	16:28	\|	Rollin	06/11/07

22.	At the minimum, the Annapolis Summit will be ....	16:57	\|	Smadar	06/11/07

23.	Poor English, pathetic arguments	17:02	\|	Raoul	06/11/07

24.	Livni knows the Arab League`s offer of normalization	17:46	\|	Mahmoud	06/11/07

25.	Justify peace?	17:49	\|	Shana	06/11/07

26.	Core issues later	17:58	\|	David James Vickery	06/11/07

27.	Israel has some work to do	18:04	\|	Ahmed	06/11/07

28.	Khaddafi Coming To Israel Soon	18:30	\|	Yosemite	06/11/07

29.	Woooo Hoooo Peace just around the corner and over the horizon ;-)	19:04	\|	David P	06/11/07

30.	# 7 You right, Fatmah, why should moronic states attend....	19:05	\|	Misha	06/11/07

31.	Re Ahmed #27	19:10	\|	Esther	06/11/07

32.	Just in time for Santa to show up	19:10	\|	Existential	06/11/07

33.	Delay issues?	19:22	\|	MichaelF	06/11/07

34.	For Indrajaya on Livni`s father-correction	20:03	\|	Darth Zaider (Ed)	06/11/07

35.	Now is the time for Iraelis to deal with core issues	20:25	\|	emad matahin	06/11/07

36.	let the refugess return where they came from	20:30	\|	roberta	06/11/07

37.	Do not discuss	20:40	\|	Mark Lincoln	06/11/07

38.	Just get the wheels rolling	20:58	\|	Tzfonit	06/11/07

39.	Yes, this summit is only to discuss...	21:06	\|	Omar	06/11/07

40.	PUT OFF THE SUMMIT UNTIL WE HAVE PARTNERS	21:28	\|	D.Ispairing	06/11/07

41.	Delay	21:29	\|	r.m.	06/11/07

42.	Livni is disappointing	21:32	\|	Omar	06/11/07

43.	The "putting off" has already happened	21:39	\|	Tim	06/11/07

44.	Omar	22:01	\|	Existential	06/11/07

45.	#6 Indrajaya	22:42	\|	Yosemite	06/11/07

46.	Discuss everything, but privately	23:03	\|	Paul Freedman	06/11/07

47.	Olmert getting 98% of talkbackers and authors wrong, great genii	23:09	\|	nehemia dB	06/11/07

48.	"delay tackling the issues on which they do not agree on"	23:10	\|	redmike	06/11/07

49.	Why bother then.	23:13	\|	Paulo	06/11/07

50.	#14 - bigots cannot be talked to but only ridiculed !	23:18	\|	redmike	06/11/07

51.	#35 - Mazen is not in charge so who should Israel talk to ?	23:23	\|	redmike	06/11/07

52.	Just marvelous, isn`t it?	23:29	\|	Johnboy	06/11/07

53.	#23 the black kettle	00:16	\|	Goldberg	07/11/07

54.	No rush - what`s 60 yrs of tyranny??	00:20	\|	goldberg	07/11/07

55.	Ramon is Dead Wrong	00:27	\|	Moshe	07/11/07

56.	#11 redmike	01:23	\|	Labhras	07/11/07

57.	johnathan s	01:34	\|	michael	07/11/07

58.	#49 redmike	01:39	\|	Labhras	07/11/07

59.	#47 redmike bland statements again	01:54	\|	Labhras	07/11/07

60.	Paul Freedman - Do Both	01:57	\|	Mark Lincoln	07/11/07

61.	48 - the phd th	02:08	\|	mb -	07/11/07

62.	#37 Yeah, it`s a fantasic concept, isn`t it Mark.	02:27	\|	Johnboy	07/11/07

63.	#50 redmike just isn`t interested.....	04:07	\|	Johnboy	07/11/07

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