British PM Tony Blair meets Israeli FM Tzipi Livni and Def Min Amir Peretz

Описание: (18 Dec 2006)
1. Interior of corridor in King David Hotel, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and aides walking
2. Livni shaking hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
3. Various of photo op with Blair and Livni
4. Cutaway of people in corridor
5. Blair shaking hands with Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz and officials
6. Photo op with Blair and Peretz
STORYLINE:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on Monday.
The visit followed an earlier meeting with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
At a joint news conference after the talks with Abbas, Blair called for the international community to support Abbas and his moderate Fatah Party and blamed Hamas for the collapse of efforts to build a unity coalition and the problems being faced by the Palestinian people.
Blair's tour of the Middle East, which has taken him to Turkey, Egypt and Iraq, is aimed at stimulating a momentum for new peace moves.
It has also given Blair the chance to underscore his message about the need to forge an "arc of moderation" uniting those in the West and the
Muslim world.
Blair was due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem.

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