The United States and the Western countries have praised the one-man show effort taken by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for containing deteriorating situation between Israel and Palestinians through his latest initiative.
European countries and US expressed their positive reactions over Mubarak’s political initiative, referring with satisfaction to the latest visit paid by Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher to Tel Aviv and Ramallah.
According to the Arabic News, US President George Bush described in a telephone conversation with President Mubarak the Egyptian initiative as extremely positive for halting violence and involves measures that could help rein in terrorist operations so that peace march could be restored.
Meantime, US Presidential National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said in an exclusive interview with the Arabic newspaper A1 Ahram that Presidents Mubarak and Bush have agreed on the need for joint and urgent moves for containing volatile situation in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
She told the Cairo-based daily that the two leaders agreed on holding tripartite US, Israel and Palestinian security talks at highest levels for ending the closure, lifting siege on Palestinian cities and villages and easing restrictions on Palestinians – Albawaba.com
