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Israel holds peace talks with Syria
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-05-22 11:16
 

U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) walks next to Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara (R) and Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak as they walk together at the National Conservation Training Center before the second round of Middle East Peace Talks begin in the US while in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in this January 3, 2000 file photo. Israel and Syria said on May 21, 2008, they had launched indirect peace talks mediated by Turkish officials in Istanbul, the first confirmation of negotiations between the long-time enemies in eight years. In coordinated statements, Israel and Syria said they had begun an open dialogue with the aim of a comprehensive peace. Turkey said delegations of both countries, officially at war since Israel's creation 60 years ago, were already in Istanbul. [Agencies]