SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES VIOLENCE BY PALESTINIAN GROUPS,
SAYS ROAD MAP IS BEST PATH TO JUST, LASTING PEACE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General deplores the violence by Palestinian groups over the weekend.� Such violence is especially untimely following the Aqaba Summit, where the parties made a commitment to implementing the Quartet’s Road Map.
The Secretary-General calls on the parties not to allow violence, the aim of which is clearly to derail the peace process, to set the agenda.� He commends the two Prime Ministers for their recent expressions of determination to stay the course.� The Secretary-General believes that the Road Map sets out the best path to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace that would ensure the security of the peoples of the Middle East.
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