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GERMANY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR BUSH MIDEAST INITIATIVE
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 17 - 07 - 2007


GERMANY ON TUESDAY WELCOMED US PRESIDENT GEORGE W
BUSH'S NEW MIDEAST INITIATIVE CALLING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
TO EXPLORE WAYS OF CREATING A PALESTINIAN STATE, ACCORDING TO DPA.
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ULRICH WILHELM SAID GERMANY SUPPORTED THE GOAL
OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR "A SUCCESSFUL PALESTINIAN STATE" WITH
WHICH PEACE TALKS COULD BE CONDUCTED.
A TWO-STATE SOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST NEEDS A VIABLE PALESTINIAN
STATE WITH AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, SOLID FINANCES, A FUNCTIONING
ECONOMY AND A SOCIETY BASED ON LAW AND JUSTICE, HE SAID.
ULRICH SAID FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR HAD AN
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MIDEAST QUARTET,
MADE UP OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED STATES
AND RUSSIA.
BLAIR WAS PICKED LAST MONTH BY THE QUARTET TO HELP THE PALESTINIANS
BUILD UP THEIR INSTITUTIONS AND PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC SUPPORT.
IN HIS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED MONDAY, BUSH SAID US SECRETARY OF STATE
CONDOLEEZZA RICE WOULD CHAIR A CONFERENCE IN THE AUTUMN THAT WOULD
CONSIST PRIMARILY OF THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS AS WELL AS MIDDLE
EAST COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT.
BUSH ANNOUNCED 190 MILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT AID TO THE PALESTINIAN
GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE SALAM FAYYAD AND 80 MILLION
DOLLARS FOR SECURITY.
THE GERMAN SPOKESMAN SAID CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SPOKE BY
TELEPHONE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH FAYYAD AND OFFERED HER SUPPORT FOR
STEPS TAKEN BY HIS GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PEACE PROCESS.
FAYYAD BRIEFED THE CHANCELLOR ON HIS EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN
EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF AUTHORITY IN THE PALESTINIAN AREAS, PARTICULARLY
IN THE SECURITY SECTOR, WILHELM SAID.
BUSH ANNOUNCED HIS PLAN HOURS AFTER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD
OLMERT AND PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS MET IN JERUSALEM.
THE US PRESIDENT HAS SOUGHT TO BOLSTER ABBAS' MODERATE FATAH
GOVERNMENT SINCE THE BELEAGUERED PALESTINIAN LEADER OUSTED HAMAS FROM
THE GOVERNMENT AFTER THE RADICAL GROUP SEIZED CONTROL OF GAZA.
BUSH'S SPEECH SIGNALLED HIS INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH BACKING AN
INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE DESPITE THE DIVISION OF THE PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES INTO FATAH'S RULE IN THE WEST BANK AND HAMAS IN GAZA.


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