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Ehud Olmert arriving in the United States on Monday (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 11:17 27/11/2007 PM: Arabs should open consular offices in Israel following summit By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Annapolis  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday that he expects Arab states to open consular offices in Israel following the Annapolis summit. Olmert told Ban that "every Arab or Muslim state which participates in the Annapolis summit should demonstrate its support of the process in this way." The Secretary General visited Olmert Monday night at his Washington hotel, accompanied by the Israeli envoy to the UN, Dan Gillerman. Advertisement Olmert told Ban that he does not expect immediate normalization of Israeli-Arab relations, but nonetheless expects some good will gestures, such as opening consular offices. Olmert asked Ban to convey his message to Arab leaders and exert his leverage to facilitate the idea. Olmert and Ban also discussed the political crisis in Lebanon. Ban informed Olmert of the efforts currently underway to agree on a presidential candidate. He said that the situation in the country is highly fragile, and could further deteriorate in case of a failure to elect a new president. Ban also said that the continuation of the political crisis in Lebanon could affect the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which put new security arrangements in place following the Second Lebanon War. Bookmark to del.icio.us Denier, disrupted Protesters disrupt Oxford debate with Holocaust denier David Irving. Echoes from Maryland The full text of Bush, PM, and Abbas speeches, and the joint statement.   1.   could olmert prove to be a nixon? 10:01  |  hope so 27/11/07   2.   It is all about this 10:47  |  El-Birawi 27/11/07   3.   Note to Olmert: Work on that timing 10:52  |  Natallie Durson 27/11/07   4.   THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN... FORGET IT! 11:53  |  Algerian 27/11/07   5.   That`s all Israel is interested in: opening of Arab consulars ! 12:25  |  Eric 27/11/07   6.   Answer to Algerian 12:39  |  Anne 27/11/07   7.   Natalie`s stage fright 13:01  |  Shlomo 27/11/07   8.   Israel truly deserves Olmert 13:08  |  Lebanese Australian 27/11/07   9.   "HERMIT THE MATCHMAKER" 13:14  |  Stephen 27/11/07   10.   Shallow and cunning! 13:42  |  northern neighbor 27/11/07   11.   Arabs went too far.. 13:48  |  northern neighbor 27/11/07   12.   WISHFUL THINKING 13:51  |  MJ 27/11/07   13.   Answer to Anne#6... TOTALLY UNTRUE 15:06  |  Algerian 27/11/07   14.   Consular offices, you got to be kidding 15:27  |  ottomatik 27/11/07   15.   nutullie completes the circle! of stupidity 15:28  |  victor hardman 27/11/07   16.   Defined borders? 15:38  |  Geographer 27/11/07   17.   Arab stubbornness 15:43  |  joki 27/11/07   18.   we can only hope 15:56  |  Mike 27/11/07   19.   algerian 15:57  |  alan 27/11/07   20.   Why does he want Rep.s of Oppresive Dictatorships in Israel? 16:03  |  Straight Talk 27/11/07   21.   NO WAY! 16:43  |  Whatever 27/11/07   22.   The Israelis will NEVER have peace..accept it and move on 16:45  |  Peacemaker 27/11/07   23.   Lebanese Australian, you are simply a hypocrite 17:13  |  Jake 27/11/07   24.   The Arabs want land, not peace 17:18  |  Jake 27/11/07   25.   all 16 only 16 Arab nations should have offices in Israel RIGHT ? 05:52  |  M. S. 28/11/07

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