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Sharon won't go to Egypt
26/05/2003 12:29 - (SA)
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not meet with US President George W Bush and Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas in Egypt, a high-ranking Israeli official said.
"Sharon will certainly not go to Egypt considering this country's hostile position towards Israel, despite the peace treaty it has signed," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
In 1979, Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state.
The official accused Egypt of "continuing to lead a campaign throughout the Arab world for the boycott of Israeli products".
However, he confirmed that a summit in the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba within three weeks was a possibility, but said the date and the venue was Washington's decision.
US officials had mentioned the possibility of a three-way summit in Egypt or Jordan on the heels of the three-day G8 summit in France which ends on June 3.
The Israeli official also said that a meeting between Sharon and Abbas which had been scheduled by the Palestinians for Monday would take place before the end of the week.
Official Palestinian sources confirmed that the meeting would no longer take place on Monday and said it could be rescheduled to Tuesday.
The two men, who met on May 17 for the first time since Abbas was sworn in, were expected to discuss the implementation of the roadmap, following the Israeli cabinet's qualified acceptance of the plan on Sunday. - Sapa-AFP
- SAPA
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