(Haaretz).United States President Barack Obama's envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, urged Arab states on Thursday to take "meaningful steps and important actions" to make peace with Israel, AFP reported.
Mitchell reportedly made the comments in Cairo, where he arrived after a visit to Israel and the West Bank, reiterating Washington's position that the establishment of a Palestinian state was the only viable solution to the Middle East conflict.
"We are working hard to achieve our objective, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including a Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel," Mitchell was quoted as telling reporters after talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
This includes "peace between Israel and its other immediate neighbors and full normalization of relations between Israel and all of the Arab nations as contemplated by the Arab peace initiative," he said, according to the French news agency.
