Sharon, Abbas to meet Bush April 12
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet President Bush in Washington on April 12, Israeli government sources said yesterday, for talks on the Middle East peace process.
Palestinian officials have already said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate who declared a cease-fire with Sharon last month, will see Bush at the White House next month. The meetings will be separate.
Sharon and Bush have spoken of a historic opportunity for peace in the Middle East after the death of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat last November.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. But they said Abbas, elected two months ago, must rein in militants for any peace efforts to succeed, a point Sharon hammered home after a Palestinian suicide bombing killed five Israelis in Tel Aviv on Feb. 25.
He is likely to echo the call during his 10th visit to the White House since first taking office in 2001, along with support for Bush's demand that Syria quit Lebanon.
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