Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Riyadh gives talks with Israel cautious welcome


This came in from Rafi Dajani of ATFP and is really very interesting indeed:

The Guardian (UK) looks at Saudi Arabia's cautious acceptance of attending the fall Mideast conference that includes Israel

RIYADH GIVES TALKS WITH ISRAEL CAUTIOUS WELCOME By Mark Tran. Guardian (UK) August 1, 2007
Saudi Arabia would sit down with Israel at a US-proposed Middle East peace conference, provided it dealt with matters of substance, Saudi officials said today.The Saudi foreign minister, Saud al-Faisal, said Riyadh welcomed the American initiative after he emerged from talks with the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who was in the region with the secretary of defence, Robert Gates, to bolster support for Mr Bush's effort to kick-start Middle East peace talks.

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