Friday July 3, 2009
CORRECTED - Israel's Barak to meet US envoy Mitchell next week
(Corrects to say last meeting between the two was this week)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will fly to London on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an Israeli official said on Friday.
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) smiles during a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell at the InterContinental Hotel in New York June 30, 2009. (REUTERS/Jamie Fine) |
The meeting between Barak and Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, will be their second in a few days after they held meetings in New York on Tuesday.
"Defence Minister Barak will leave on Sunday night for a meeting on Monday with U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell and will possibly have other meetings," the Israeli official said in a statement.
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