Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said he would be happy to facilitate peace talks between the Israelis and the Syrians now that both sides have showed interest in doing so. "It is encouraging to see that Israeli Prime minister (Ehud Omert) and Palestinian President (Mahmoud) Abbas met again and also it's encouraging that Israel has expressed willingness to talk with the Syrian President (Bashar Al-Assad) and all other regional players. As Secretary-Genral, and the UN, firmly support such initiative and would be happy to facilitate such peace initiatives," Ban told a press conference. In an interview with Al-Arabia TV this week, Olmert offered to speak to the Syrians anywhere, any time, without preconditions and even without the US mediation. The Syrians also showed signs that they are willing to talks to the Israelis about the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.
It's all so very multilateral...until the Jooos say we'd like to remain alive, please. |