{"id":199496,"date":"2012-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199496"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:47:38","slug":"auto-insert-199496","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199496\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen trip to Israel and the OPT – Spokesman’s Office noon briefing (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\tDepartment of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Good afternoon and welcome to the briefing.<\/p><\/div>\n

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**Secretary-General’s Travel<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General arrived in Israel this morning and met with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman.<\/p><\/div>\n

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He later travelled to Ramallah, where he has been meeting with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General discussed the Middle East peace process with all leaders, and discussed especially the talks initiated in January by King Abdullah and Foreign Minister [Nasser] Judeh of Jordan.  He noted that negotiations are the only path for a sustainable resolution of all final-status issues.  While in Ramallah, the Secretary-General met with Palestinian civil society organizations.  And he also met with graduates of the United Nations annual media training programme for Palestinian journalists.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We will continue to issue readouts of the various meetings the Secretary-General has had with officials and provide transcripts of the Secretary-General’s various press encounters.<\/p><\/div>\n

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