Parties
making progress on Middle East peace process: Obama
Thursday, September 02, 2010 08:51:28 AM,
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Washington:
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday after meeting with
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas here that parties were making
progress on the Middle East peace process.
"We are making progress," said Obama after his bilateral meeting
with Abbas in the White House. He also said the talks were
productive, but gave no specific details, Xinhua reported.
Obama will later meet separately with King Abdullah II of Jordan
and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. In the evening, the five
leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu whom
Obama met earlier in the day, will deliver statements to the
press, and Obama will then host a dinner for the leaders.
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