France to move forward on Mideast conference
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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says France will move ahead with its proposal to bring Palestinians and Israelis together at a peace conference later this summer despite US reservations. He said the Palestinian Authority responded positively, and Israel is studying the proposal.
Juppe told reporters after attending a UN Security Council meeting Tuesday that the Americans are reluctant to holding a large political conference without prior agreement of the two parties on the framework for the meeting. "That's exactly what we have proposed," he said. "We think it is necessary to have an agreement of both the Palestinians and the Israelis on the parameters we are proposing." (AP)
