Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has invited the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to attend a summit in Egypt next week, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday.
"The invitation came from President (Hosni) Mubarak of Egypt," Abed Rabbo said. "Abbas, (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert
and King Abdullah (of Jordan) are invited."
He said the Palestinians demand concrete results from the gathering, and warned that if it ended without results, it would cause more harm than good. "We want the summit to remove the (economic) siege and the checkpoints that suffocate the life of the Palestinian people," he said.
He said Abbas would also seek a resumption of peace talks leading to the end of Israeli occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office stated that "talks were underway to hold a four-way regional summit on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh," adding that Egypt had initiated the summit in an attempt to empower Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the emergency government headed by Salam Fayyad.
First published: 09:03, 06.21.7