Doorgaans brengen in onderhandelingen beide partijen hun posities naar voren, discussiëren hierover en doen concessies. Prins Saud heeft hier blijkbaar een ander idee over: de Arabische staten stellen een vredesplan op en Israël accepteert dit. Ben je tenminste lekker snel klaar:
Concluding the conference, Prince Saud Al-Faisal rejected proposals by
Israel that some changes should be drawn on the Arab peace initiative during
the Arab summit in Riyadh, saying that Israel initially accepted the plan,
but started to speak about conditioned agreement while the Arabs don't have
conditions. We don't have a plan to negotiate a conditioned matter, he
concluded.
Israël heeft nooit gezegd dat het dit plan accepteert. Het heeft zich positief uitgesproken over onderdelen ervan, en het als een basis voor onderhandelingen geaccepteerd. Het Arabische vredesinitiatief, opgesteld door Saudi-Arabië en door de Arabische Liga aangenomen in 2002, eist een terugkeer van de Palestijnse vluchtelingen naar Israël en volledige terugtrekking van Israël uit de Westelijke Jordaanoever, de Golan en Oost-Jeruzalem (inclusief de oude stad). Dit is voor Israël onaanvaardbaar aangezien het eerste het einde van Israël als Joodse staat betekent, en het tweede de Klaagmuur en andere voor Joden heilige plaatsen onder Palestijnse soevereiniteit plaatst. Ten onrechte wordt veelal beweerd dat het Arabische vredesplan ruimte biedt voor een compromis wat betreft de vluchtelingen (bijvoorbeeld compensatie), en dat op enkele plaatsen van de Groene Lijn kan worden afgeweken. Niet alleen biedt het vredesplan zelf die ruimte niet, ook in 'onderhandelingen' is het blijkbaar niet mogelijk van de door de Arabische Liga vastgetelde lijn af te wijken.
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Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Javier Solana hold press conference
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Riyadh, Mar. 13, SPA (Saudi Press Agency) -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common
Foreign and Security Policy, held here today a joint press conference.
Commencing the conference, Prince Saud welcomed Javier Solana and the
accompanying delegation, and said "we held together today a consultation
session where we discussed the developments in the Middle East. Javier
Solana briefed us on the outcome of the recent EU summit meeting and his
tour of the region during which he discussed the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict in addition to developments in Iraq and Lebanon as well as the
nuclear issue."
Prince Saud also said "I would like to laud the positive attitude of the
European Union to express their support for the issues of the region, their
efforts to contain the region's crisis and their readiness to support the
countries of the region to find peaceful solutions to these problems and
achieve security and stability".
"I would like to commend the positive position of EU Summit towards Makkah
agreement between Fatah and Hamas Movements and we look forward to translate
this position to support and assist the expected Palestinian National Unity
Government," Prince Saud added.
Prince Saud hoped that the upcoming ministerial meeting of the international
quartet committee would result in practical steps towards reviving the peace
process in the region that would respond to the positive developments on the
Palestinian arena, pointing out that if there is a tendency to impose
conditions in the peace process, it is assumed that these conditions will be
balanced between the two conflicting parties taking into account the Israeli
arbitrary actions and attitudes towards the peace process.
On the Palestinian unity government, Solana said Europe would never upset
the Palestinian people. We have provided money for them in 2005 and 2006 and
will continue to pour much in 2007, he added. No government has been formed
yet, but we would like to see the right person in the right place, he said,
adding that we would like to see a government dedicated to the interest of
the Palestinian people.
Concluding the conference, Prince Saud Al-Faisal rejected proposals by
Israel that some changes should be drawn on the Arab peace initiative during
the Arab summit in Riyadh, saying that Israel initially accepted the plan,
but started to speak about conditioned agreement while the Arabs don't have
conditions. We don't have a plan to negotiate a conditioned matter, he
concluded.
--SPA
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