Rice, Abbas, Olmert begin three-way summit

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-02-19 17:05

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas began a summit to discuss ways to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace track on Monday morning.

The summit started with a work meeting between the three in Jerusalem, and will be followed by a lunch meeting, in which Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres will participate.

The summit is expected to last for more than three hours and Rice will give a statement to the press at the end of the event.



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