  {"id":205864,"date":"2006-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205864"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:49","slug":"auto-insert-205864","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205864\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen meets with Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia &#8211; SecGen Spokesman&#8217;s statement &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"19%\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:left;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27122%27%20height%3D%2799%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20122%2099%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27122%27%20height%3D%2799%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/99c93d247f0fc98f8525716a004f5822_image0.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"99px\" width=\"122px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"80%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:22pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SG\/SM\/10450 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"1px\" color=\"#f79e18\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:120px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Department of Public Information &#8226; News and Media Division &#8226; New York<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS IN NEW YORK WITH FOREIGN MINISTERS<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>OF EGYPT, JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Following the Quartet&#8217;s meeting with the regional partners this morning in New York, the Secretary-General held a separate meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit; Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib; and the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud al-Faisal.&#160; They discussed the ongoing political environment in the Middle East, including the situation in Palestine, and developments in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Darfur.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On Palestine, in addition to the political situation, the participants discussed the importance of the United Nations system continuing to provide assistance to the Palestinian people, including UNRWA&#8217;s critical role with the Palestinian refugees.&#160; They also discussed the importance for all to cooperate with UNRWA in fulfilling its mandate.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On Iran, the participants stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the current situation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On Darfur, the participants welcomed the recent agreement in Abuja and emphasized the importance of continued cooperation with relevant actors on the ground. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Also participating in the meeting with the Secretary-General were the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari; 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