{"id":205865,"date":"2007-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205865"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:03:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:51","slug":"auto-insert-205865","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205865\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East peace process – Remarks by President Bush and SecGen after meeting at the Oval Office – White House press release\/Non-UN document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Bush Meets with Â鶹APP Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon <\/strong><\/span>
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PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Secretary General, welcome; thanks for coming. We've just had a wide-ranging and full discussion on a lot of issues. First, Mr. Secretary General, I appreciate you, one, taking on this job; two, working extremely hard; and, three, doing a fine job. I admire the values you hold dear to your heart and I appreciate the chance to share some thoughts with you. <\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/a>We discussed a lot of issues. We have discussed Darfur. We discussed proliferation. We discussed the potential trial for — about Hariri. The Secretary General and I talked about the speech I gave yesterday on the Middle East. We have talked about Afghanistan and Iraq. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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So Mr. Secretary General, I'm proud to have you here and thank you for your leadership. <\/p><\/div>\n

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SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON: Thank you very much, Mr. President. This is my second time for meeting with you in this Oval Office. I appreciate your strong support and active participation of the United States in the Â鶹APP. And I'm very much grateful for all the strong support for peacekeeping operations. <\/p><\/div>\n

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In addition to what President Bush has just mentioned on the issues we have covered, I'd like to mention just a few important, from my perspective. <\/p><\/div>\n

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First of all, I welcome the interest which you have announced yesterday for the comprehensive Middle East peace process. As a member of the Quartet, I am prepared to work very closely to see expedited peace process in the Middle East. <\/p><\/div>\n

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PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. Thank you all. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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