SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER’S RESIGNATION
WILL NOT DERAIL PEACE EFFORTS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan:
The Secretary-General very much hopes that the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen will not derail efforts, embodied in the Quartet Road Map, to forge peace between Israelis and Palestinians. �He believes it is important that the democratically elected Palestinian institutions reach consensus on the appointment of a credible and fully empowered Prime Minister, with all the necessary authority and means to implement Palestinian obligations under the Road Map.
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