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Bush invites Sharon to ranch
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John Henry
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Mar 24, 2005 18:25 PST
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Bush invites Sharon to ranch
Friday, March 18, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush will host Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon at his Texas ranch on April 11 to help advance the Middle East peace
process, the White House said Friday.
Invitations to the president's private ranch at Crawford, Texas, typically
are reserved for top diplomatic efforts, and this one comes as Bush has
been citing progress in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
"The president looks forward to discussing with Prime Minister Sharon a
wide range of key bilateral and regional issues, including the search for
peace in the Middle East and the war on terrorism," White House press
secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas plans to visit Bush in Washington in
coming weeks. Abbas would be the first Palestinian leader to visit the U.S.
capital since the outbreak of Palestinian-Israeli violence in September
2000. The United States refused to deal with Abbas's predecessor, the late
Yasser Arafat, accusing him of fomenting violence.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited Abbas and Sharon to the United
States last month during a visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank, but the
White House had not previously disclosed that Sharon's visit would be at
the ranch.
In a speech last week, Bush hailed fresh signs of democracy in the Middle
East. He said the United States' goal is to see "two democratic states,
Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security."
"The United States is determined to help the parties remove obstacles to
progress and move forward in practical ways, so we can seize this moment
for peace in the Holy Land," Bush said during a March 8 speech at the
National Defense University.
Bush has said both sides have responsibilities in the peace process. He
said Palestinian leaders must dismantle terrorist groups, fight corruption
and establish a successful democracy, while Israel must freeze settlement
activity and help the Palestinians build their economy and a contiguous
territory on the West Bank.
Sharon will be the third foreign leader to visit the ranch in less than a
month. Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul
Martin are scheduled to visit Wednesday.
Bush plans to hold working sessions with Fox and Martin at Baylor
University in nearby Waco, Texas, and host a lunch for them at his ranch,
where he will be taking an Easter break.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/18/bush.israel.ap/index.html?section=cnn_allpolitics
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