Ex-President Carter to start Mideast peace tour
Former US President Jimmy Carter will start a tour of the Middle East on Saturday to build support for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.Carter, 86, will visit Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories with a delegation called The Elders, to be led by former Irish President Mary Robinson and including former UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
"The aim of their visit is to encourage support across the region for the current final status negotiations with emphasis on the need to reach a just and secure peace," said a statement by The Elders, a group set up by South Africa's Nelson Mandela in 2007. (Reuters)
