Syrian President Bashar Assad has called upon Ariel Sharon to enter into negotiations with him - as opposed to positions expressed yesterday by Syrian papers. However, Assad says that his starting position is exactly that of his father, nothing more and nothing less, and that everyone knows what they are (namely, the return of 100% of the Golan and other area captured by Israel following Syrian attacks from there during the Six Day War). The Likud has rejected the proposal. Zalman Shoval says that these pre-conditions set by Syria are totally unacceptable.
Zalman Shoval - a former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., and Sharon’s top diplomatic advisor - has left for the United States as the head of a delegation sent by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. The delegation will meet with members of the new Bush Administration, and will emphasize that the new Sharon government is committed only to agreements reached reached with the PA - at Oslo, Wye Plantation, and Sharm - and not to other “understandings.”
Zalman Shoval - a former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., and Sharon’s top diplomatic advisor - has left for the United States as the head of a delegation sent by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. The delegation will meet with members of the new Bush Administration, and will emphasize that the new Sharon government is committed only to agreements reached reached with the PA - at Oslo, Wye Plantation, and Sharm - and not to other “understandings.”