§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, when the Minister of State, the right hon. Member for Mid-Oxon (Mr. Hurd) met Mr. Khaddoumi in Tunisia, he raised with him his 190W public statement that the Palestine Liberation Organisation would never allow Israel to live in peace and would never recognise Israel; and what response he received.
§ Mr. HurdI raised with Mr. Khaddoumi the attitude of the PLO towards negotiations with Israel, and in particular gave our view that the PLO was making a grave mistake if it finally rejected the opportunity for negotiation offered by President Reagan's plan. Mr. Khaddoumi reminded me that the PLO has accepted the conclusions of the Fez summit which inter alia called on the Security Council to
`guarantee peace among all states of the region, including the independent Palestinian state',and said that it was difficult for the PLO to go further when the Government of Israel showed no sign of recognising the rights of the Palestinians to self-determination.