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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
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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For information media • not an official record
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: United States of America
Subject: Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 17/07/2007