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Arab ME peace initiative 'not dead': Blair


Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair
 said on Sunday the Arab initiative for peace between the Palestinians and Israel is "not dead" but requires a new endorsement of the two-state solution The two-state solution envisions two separate states in the Western portion of the historic region of Palestine, one Jewish and another Arab to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict.  from all parties involved.

"The Arab peace initiative The Arab Peace Initiative (Arabic Language: مبادرة السلام العربية) is a peace initiative first proposed by Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, then crown prince, in the Beirut  is not dead unless we make it so," Blair said in Riyadh, where he held talks with Saudi King Abdullah King Abdullah can refer to:
  • Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, regent of Saudi Arabia since 1995 and king since 2005.
  • Abdullah II, king of Jordan since 1999
  • Abdullah I, Emir of Transjordan (1921–1946) and King of Transjordan (1946–1951)
, a key force behind the initiative, late Saturday.

Blair said the ceasefire begun unilaterally by Israel early Sunday was shaky.

"It is fragile now in the short term, never mind the long term," he said.

"It is only going to endure if we adopt a strategy which revitalizes the whole peace process."
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Date:Jan 18, 2009
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