"U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell has extended his trip to the region until Friday.
Negotiations continue between him and Netanyahu to see if they can reach an agreement on some sort of settlement freeze. Such an agreement is one key element needed to make way for the announcement of a relaunch of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
It has been anticipated that Netanyahu, Abbas and President Barack Obama would hold a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly opening session events in New York next week. ......An Israeli official told POLITICO today that he thinks the meeting itself is likely to take place, but that an announcement of a peace talks relaunch could possibly take another couple weeks...'
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Mitchell extends trip to Friday
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Apparently Mitchell realized he had a few more days left on his hotel voucher, and he hadn't been to the mall yet to pick up some souvenirs for the grandkids.
The weather must be nice there! The beaches and the denizens there are gorgeous???!!!
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