The 2nd Conference for Confidence-building between the Israelis and the Palestinians
Concluding Statement by the Parties
At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, trilateral Palestinian, Israeli, Japanese meeting was held at Hakone on 12 -14 July 2004.
The participants discussed a wide range of issues relating to the revival of the peace process, mutual cessation of violence and security related Issues, Gaza disengagement as part of the implementation of the Roadmap, including the resumption of negotiations, confidence building measures, Palestinian national and local elections, economic recovery, third party role, and Palestinian reform among other issues.
Many ideas were exchanged and the parties concluded that a peace agreement based on the two-state solution as provided for in the Roadmap is doable and called upon international community to pro-actively assist in this endeavor.
The Israelis
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1 |
Mr.Dan Meridor |
Former Minister of Finance |
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2 |
Mr.Giora Romm |
Director General of the Jewish Agency for Israel |
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3 |
Mr.Gilead Sher |
Former Head of the Prime Minister's Bureau and Chief Negotiator with the Palestinians |
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4 |
Mr.Pini Meidan-Shani |
Former Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister and member of the negotiation team |
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5 |
Mr.Hezi Bezalel |
Managing Director of the Marathon Corporation Ltd. (Honorary Consul of the Republic of Uganda in Israel) |
The Palestinians
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1 |
Dr.Sa'eb Erakat |
Minister for Negotiations Affairs |
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2 |
Dr.Muhammad Shtayyeh |
Minister, Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) |
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3 |
Mr.Hisham Abdal Razeq |
Minister of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs |
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4 |
Mr.Abdullah Abdullah |
Deputy Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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5 |
Mr.Mazen Sinokrot |
Chairman of Board, the Palestinian Federation of Industries |
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6 |
Mr.Garth Al-Omari |
Chief Drafter, Geneva Initiative |
The Japanese
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1 |
Dr.Tatsuo Arima |
Representative of the Government of Japan. Special Envoy for peace in the Middle East |
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2 |
Prof.Kohei Hashimoto (Coordinator) |
Professor, University Research Center, Nihon University |
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3 |
Prof.Ryoji Tateyama |
Professor, Department of international Relations, National Defense Academy |
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4 |
Prof.Akifumi Ikeda |
Professor, Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Toyo Eiwa University |
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5 |
Mr.lsamu Nakashima |
Director, Chief Researcher, the Middle East Institute of Japan |
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6 |
Mr.Norihiro Okuda |
Deputy Director-General, Middle-Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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7 |
Mr.Hiroshi Oka |
Director, First Middle-East Division. Middle-Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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8 |
Mr, Hideo Suzuki |
Chief Coordinator for Policy Coordination, the Policy Coordination Division. Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affaire |
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Mr.Yasuyuki Murahashi |
Senior Coordinator (Middle East & Africa) Planning Department, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) |
Country: Israel, Japan
Subject: Peace proposals and efforts
Publication Date: 14/07/2004