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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Ban Ki-moon with Netanyahu and Abbas negotiated a truce


Ban began Monday in Cairo toured the Middle East in which he intends to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , and the president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas"The Secretary-General expects to add its diplomatic support to the considerable and important efforts "to reach a truce in Gaza , his spokesman said by telephone Martin Nesirky, shortly after the arrival of the diplomat to Egypt. Ban plans to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr tonight and with President Mohamed Mursi and the Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi on Tuesday. Nesirky said Ban will then go to Jerusalem and hold talks with the Palestinians, but has no plans to go to Gaza, but no date set for the meeting. The UN hopes that Egypt can play a mediating role in the conflict in Gaza, which intensified since mid last week with the assassination of the military chief of HamasThat country has fulfilled that role successfully in previous clashes. A senior Egyptian official told the Israeli daily Haaretz that is " very close to a ceasefire. " "What is needed is more flexibility on the Israeli side. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be a crucial day in the talks," he said.

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