U.S. President George W. Bush said here on Monday that Vice President Dick Cheney will urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders to "uphold their obligations" in Middle East peace process in his coming Mideast trip.
Cheney "is to reassure people that the United States is committed to a vision of peace in the Middle East, that we expect the relevant parties to uphold their obligations under the road map," Bush told reporters.
Cheney is due to leave on March 16 and will make stops in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Turkey "for discussions with these key partners on issues of mutual interest," the White House said in a statement.
Cheney's Mideast journey follows a trip to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during which she tried to promote the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians despite recent Israeli military strikes into the Gaza Strip.
Violence increased sharply on Feb. 27 after Israel killed five Hamas militants in an air raid and Gaza militants retaliated with a barrage of rocket and mortar fire into Israel. But relatively calm returned recently amid reports about a truce reached between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement.
Source:Xinhua
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