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CHIMO

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Wed Nov-24-04 10:04 PM
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Israel rebuffs Syrian peace overture

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad is ready to reopen negotiations with Israel without conditions, according to the visiting UN Middle East envoy. But Israeli has rejected the overture as propaganda.

"President Asad had reiterated to me today that he has an outstretched hand to his Israeli counterpart, that he is willing to go to the table without conditions," Terje Roed-Larsen said after talks with the Syrian leader in Damascus on Wednesday.

But Israel rapidly dismissed the reported offer as a propaganda move designed to alleviate pressure from the United States.

"This seems to be a propaganda manoeuvre by the Syrian side," a senior foreign ministry official on Wednesday said on condition of anonymity.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/16FE3A9F-CCAA-41AE-A9DA-638943A62B99.htm

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