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31. Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment of likely progress in the middle east peace process. [26462]

33. Mr. Wyatt

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment of likely progress in the middle east peace process. [26463]

Mr. Fatchett

I refer my hon. Friends to the oral answer my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, South (Mr. Marshall).

35. Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received about the middle east peace process. [26465]

Mr. Fatchett

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister met President Arafat on 26 January. He reaffirmed the EU/UK view that the parties must respect their commitments under existing agreements, particularly with regard to Israeli redeployments from the West Bank. I visited Israel and the Occupied Territories on 14–16 January. In Israel I met Netanyahu, Mordechai (Defence Minister), Bentsur (MFA PUS-equivalent), and senior Labour politicians. On the Palestinian side, I met Arafat, Sha'ath (Minister of Planning and International Cooperation) and Faisal Husseini.

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