Obama phones Abbas and Middle Eastern leaders, vows to boost peace process

Wednesday January 21, 2009 22:25 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

The new US president, Barrack Obama, phoned on Wednesday the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and informed him that his administration will be a full partner in the Middle East peace process.

The While House said that Obama also phoned Israeli, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, and vowed to them to be actively involved in the Middle East in an attempt to achieve a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.

President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Obama for his inauguration, and urged him to act for a comprehensive peace based on justice, international legitimacy and the Arab peace Initiative.

Senior Palestinian negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said that Obama told Abbas that his administration will be a full and real partner for peace in the region.

Spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stressed on the Arab Peace Initiative as the key for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, and considered this initiative as the key to peace not only between Israel and the Palestinians, but also between Israel and the Arab World.

Relentless in inciting the US against the Palestinian people, the outgoing Israeli war criminal prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said that he hopes the US administration and the international community will manage to put an end to arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip.

In their phones conversations, the leaders did not mention the thousands of casualties who were killed and wounded during the latest Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.

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