Re: Musharaf volunteers to help bring peace to Middle East
As I mentioned above, this PR stunt is short lived…
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\23\story_23-4-2007_pg1_7
Olmert rejects Musharraf’s mediation offer
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday politely turned down an offer by President Gen Pervez Musharraf to serve as a go-between Israel and the Palestinians.
Speaking in a radio interview, Olmert said he preferred to maintain direct contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and not depend on an intermediary. “We don’t need someone to come from afar in order for me and Abu Mazen to meet,” he said, referring to Abbas.
Gen Musharraf made the offer of mediation in an interview to Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya on Friday.