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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: May 8, 2006 |
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The King of Jordan said Sunday that if a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is not achieved within two years, Palestinians may have nothing left to negotiate.
"Everybody should remember that the time left for us to reach a peaceful settlement will be up two years," King Abdullah II told the Al-Arabiya satellite TV channel.
"I'm afraid that if this short time is over ... Palestinians might have nothing left to negotiate," he added. Abdullah did not give a reason for the timeframe.
Jordan is a close ally of the United States in the Mideast.
Abdullah's remarks came ahead of a meeting due Tuesday in New York between the U.S., the European Union, Russia and the United Nations that Palestinians hope will provide an impetus to revive the roadmap peace plan - which calls for an end to violence and creation of a Palestinian state.
"Jordan has no special agenda or designs on the West Bank," said the king, whose country lost the territory to Israel in the 1967 Middle East War. |
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