Tony Blair, the new Middle East envoy of the international Quartet of peace mediators, arrived in Israel on Monday, local media reported.
During the first visit to the region in his new capacity, the former British prime minister is scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, President Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Blair is also expected to go to the West Bank city of Ramallah for a series of meetings.
Senior political sources in Jerusalem say he will begin studying the Palestinian National Authority's situation before starting his official mandate of helping the Palestinians build institutions of state.
Source: Xinhua
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