Saudi FM suggests Arab leader may consider changes to peace plan

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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister suggested Monday that Arab leaders would be willing to consider changes in their 2002 peace offer to Israel to make it compatible with new developments.

The public words from Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal came as Arab League foreign ministers convened in Saudi Arabia Monday to prepare for a leaders summit expected to focus on how to revive Middle East peace efforts. Arab leaders have, until now, publicly rejected Israeli calls for them to make changes to a 2002 Arab peace offer, as a first step toward ending the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

But al-Faisal, in his opening remarks, suggested change was under consideration.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/841855.html

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...381477,00.html

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Arabs to revive peace plan with no changes

Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:34PM BST By Wafa Amr

RIYADH, March 26 (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers agreed on Monday to relaunch at their summit this week a five-year-old initiative for peace with Israel but without any of the alterations sought by the Jewish state.

"The Arabs have agreed to reactivate the Arab initiative without changes. We reiterated that all Arab nations will adhere to the initiative as it is," Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib told Reuters after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Saudi capital.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters the plan would be presented to the United Nations and the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers for their endorsement.

The 2002 peace plan to be reendorsed at the March 28-29 summit by heads of state offers Israel normal ties with all Arab states in return for full withdrawal from all land occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepa..._.242020070326