SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH’S STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS,

ENCOURAGED BY RENEWED COMMITMENT TO TWO-STATE SOLUTION

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General welcomes the statement made by United States President George W. Bush on the Middle East peace process.  He is encouraged by the President’s renewed commitment to a two-State solution, entailing the creation of a viable and contiguous Palestinian State living side by side with a secure Israel.  The Secretary-General also welcomes the President’s proposal for an international meeting this autumn.  He looks forward to discussing these ideas with his partners in the Quartet in Lisbon on 19 July.

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