since when is tonys brother
considered a foreign visitor?
Embassy Row
James Morrison (Contact)
Monday, December 1, 2008
Diplomatic traffic
Foreign visitors in Washington this week include:
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• Maen Areikat, deputy head and coordinator-general of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Rami Dajani, legal adviser at the PLO's Negotiations Support Unit; and Khaled Elgindy, police adviser on settlements at the support unit. They address the American Task Force on Palestine on the prospects for Middle East peace from a Palestinian viewpoint.
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Embassy Row
James Morrison (Contact)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
PALESTINIAN MISSION
Three leading Palestinian officials are in Washington this week trying to get a message to the incoming Obama administration.
Maen Rashid Areikat, the delegation leader, told editors and reporters at The Washington Times on Monday that their visit is one of many they have made over the years to maintain contacts with Middle East specialists at the State Department, the National Security Council, in Congress and in foreign-policy foundations.
However, on this trip, they hope to get word to advisers to President-elect Barack Obama to build on the efforts of the Bush administration to reach a settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians. Mr. Areikat said he realizes that the Obama transition team has many pressing domestic issues like the financial crisis and larger foreign policy challenges to prepare for.
The Obama team also is avoiding meetings with foreign officials because President Bush remains commander-in-chief and the top U.S. foreign policymaker until Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. However, using back channels through unofficial Obama allies can also work.
"Washington is an interesting place. People seem to know everybody," said Mr. Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization's deputy head for negotiations with Israel.
Mr. Areikat and his colleagues - Khaled Elgindy, a PLO policy adviser, and Rami Dajani, a PLO legal adviser - held their fist meeting on the weeklong visit with The Times. On Thursday, they will address the American Task Force on Palestine.
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