Sharon, Abbas Plan to Meet on Peace Roadmap

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Sharon, Abbas Plan to Meet on Peace Roadmap

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Sharon, Abbas Plan to Meet on Peace Roadmap

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas plan to meet this month to discuss the proposed "road map" to a final peace plan, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Sunday.

Meanwhile, an Israeli source said high-level security talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials -- stalled since last year because of ongoing violence -- resumed on Saturday. Mohammed Dahlan, the new Palestinian minister of state for security affairs, and Gen. Amos Gilad, who coordinates Israel's activities in the Palestinian territories, met in Tel Aviv to resume the talks, the Israeli source said.

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told CNN that Abbas will urge Sharon to publicly accept the so-called road map, which Israel has not yet done, "and to start together to implement this road map -- each of us implementing his share of these obligations and responsibilities."

The meeting between the two prime ministers is planned to take place before Sharon's planned trip to Washington, which is expected on May 20.

Also on Sunday, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it will give 25,000 Palestinians permission to work in Israel and is releasing 180 prisoners as steps toward building trust with the Palestinians. Israel also announced that it will open borders for the movement of goods from the Palestinian territories into neighboring countries, including Egypt and Jordan

The developments came as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders agree on enough points of the so-called road map to Mideast peace to move forward with its implementation.

Source: Agencies

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