A senior Palestinian official revealed on Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush in New York mainly on the agenda of a U.S.-sponsored international conference on Mideast peace due to be held in November.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio that "Abbas will ask Bush to make the results of the conference capable of being implemented on the ground" through putting timetables and teams to monitor the end of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Abbas left the West Bank city Ramallah Sunday for the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York where he will meet with Bush.
Islamic Hamas movement has urged Abbas to cancel the meeting.
Erekat hoped Abbas' visit to the U.S. would "boost the Arab Peace Initiative, the Road Map and the relevant international resolutions, given that ending the Israeli occupation was the common factor between all these initiatives."
It was reported that on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, Abbas will also meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
In addition, the Palestinian leader will also see the foreign ministers of China, Japan, Finland, Portugal and South Africa as well as some Arab countries.
Source: Xinhua
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