By NNN-WAFA,
Washington : President Mahmoud Abbas said that we are doing everything we can in order to seriously negotiate and reach a peace that would be satisfactory to both the Palestinian side and the Israeli side, a peace that would be promoted throughout the world.
In a press statement with US President George W. Bush in the White House, President added that we believe that you actually are truly seeking a true, genuine and lasting peace in the Middle East, and I am certain that you would like to see an agreement and settlement before the end of your term.
President also thanked Bush for the peace initiative he launched at a conference last November in Annapolis, Maryland, where Israeli, Palestinian and U.S. participants agreed to a two-state solution as a goal.
‘I strongly believe that more than 57 Arab and Islamic countries will normalize their relations with Israel.’
President Abbas said that I can not say that the road to peace is paved with flowers but furnished much of the obstacles and we believe that it is necessary to remove all these obstacles to attain peace.
For his part, President Bush said that a Palestinian state is a high priority for me and my administration. “A viable state is a state that doesn’t look like Swiss cheese, a state that provides hope.”
‘I am confident we can achieve the definition of a state. I am also confident it’s going to require hard work. To that end, I’m going back to the Middle East,’ President Bush said.
Bush lauded Abbas as a man who ‘rejects the idea of using violence to achieve objectives, which distinguishes him from other people in the region.’