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Rice says need to keep focus on Palestinian state despite Lebanon crisis
"Rice said on Tuesday there was a need to remain focused on establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel despite the current crisis in Lebanon.Rice met Abbas after visiting Lebanon and Israel, where she discussed the two weeks of fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas."Even as the Lebanon situation is resolved, we must remain focused on what is happening here, in the Palestinian territories," Rice told a news conference. "On our desires to get back to ... (the) vision of two states living side by side in peace."Rice also told Abbas "how very much admiration there is for you in the United States for your courage and your continuing leadership of the Palestinian people.""I assured the president that we had great concerns about the sufferings of innocent people throughout the region," she told reporters, saying that "even as the Lebanon situation resolves, we must remain focused on what is happening here, to get back onto a course" that will redeem a vision of "two states living side by side in peace.""All in all, this was a very useful and constructive discussion," Rice said."We are working with the Palestinian Authority and its duly elected president on multiple fronts."
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