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US diplomat arrives in Israel for secret talks – paper

By KUNA,

Gaza : US diplomat Dennis Ross arrived in Israel Tuesday evening to hold secret meetings with Israeli security officials, an Israeli paper said Wednesday.

Yedioth Ahronoth said Ross was commissioned by the US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to follow up Israeli security needs in the negotiations, it added.

It explained that Ross will hold a series of meetings with Chief of General Staff of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Shabak Security Chief Yuval Diskin, and senior officers in the military intelligence body.

Ross’s visit comes a day after US Middle East envoy George Mitchell’s tour to the region.