EU states call for Mideast peace conference
Foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European countries say in open letter to new Middle East envoy Tony Blair that Israel should make more concessions for peace, call for international conference on Israeli-Palestinian
conflict
The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
Israeli officials said on Sunday that an Arab League delegation from Egypt and Jordan had proposed visiting Israel this week for long-delayed talks on an Arab peace initiative.