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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (3492)	11/3/2003 10:38:58 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 22250

History is in the making: We, who are of the United States of America are clearly on the right side of it. Putin says will reconsider plan to propose UN adopt road map By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday that Moscow would reconsider its decision to submit a resolution to the UN Security Council for the formal adoption of the road map for Middle East peace. "If this bothers you, we won't apply pressure," said Putin, who also vowed to rethink his nation's stance during voting in the United Nations on resolutions pertaining to the Middle East. Sources close to the prime minister said if the UN adopted the road map it would be much harder to progress with the peace talks, as it would alleviate the Palestinians of their obligations in fighting terror. The sources expressed concern over Putin's comments a few weeks ago when he implied criticism of Israel's reactions to Palestinian terror attacks. Moscow is concerned by the level of violence in the Middle East, Putin said, and pledged that he would do all he could to end the bloodshed. The two met at the Kremlin on Monday for their third round of talks in Moscow since Sharon took office almost three years ago. Among the matters for discussion between the two were the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear arms program. "We follow closely how our former countrymen settle down and go about their lives in Israel and the worsening of the situation in the Middle East gives us certain concern about their future," Putin said, refering to the Israelis from the former Soviet Union who make up around one-sixth of the population. "This among other things is the reason why we are ready to go on taking an active part, as far as this is possible, in finding a settlement to the situation in the Middle East."