Saturday, June 6, 2009

Obama to Merkel: Moment is Now to Press for Mideast Settlement


Al-Manar

"05/06/2009 A day after he sought to mend fences with the Muslim world in Cairo, US President Barack Obama declared Friday that “the moment is now” to press for a Middle East settlement, but he put Israelis and Palestinians on notice that it was up to them to make “difficult compromises”.

Obama was speaking at a press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel after a meeting designed to repair strains in the relationship between the two leaders.

Merkel praised the president’s speech in Cairo on Thursday in which he offered a “new beginning” for relations between the United States and the Muslim world. Merkel called Obama’s speech an “ideal basis” to pursue “peace efforts.”......."

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