WORLD : Talk to PLO, Vance Tells Israel
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REHOVOT, Israel — Former Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance today said the Palestine Liberation Organization must eventually be represented in peace talks with Israel.
Speaking during a Middle East tour that included talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad, Vance also told reporters that Damascus no longer wants to play the spoiler in peace efforts. “My own view is that the PLO will have to be represented in the discussions at some point,” said Vance, secretary of state in 1979 when President Jimmy Carter mediated the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
“I think the task now is to see whether you can find representatives who would represent the PLO and other Palestinians who would be acceptable to the parties so that you can get on with the talks,” Vance said.
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