El proceso de Anápolis avanza hacia conferencia de Moscú

December 11, 2007 (LPAC)--Washington supports Russia's proposal for a Moscow peace conference in April, as a follow-on to the November Annapolis peace conference. Reviving the Syria-Israel peace track will be the key issue, reports the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, citing Russian diplomatic sources.

Russian diplomats told the Israeli Foreign Ministry that the conference will be held next April. Like Annapolis, it will be called a "meeting," not a conference. There will be two major sessions. One will assess progress on the Palestinian-Israel track; the other will deal with "the issue of comprehensive regional peace, with particular emphasis on resumption of negotiations between Israel and Syria, and the launching of Israeli-Lebanese talks."

U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reportedly supports the conference. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discussed the idea with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Lyndon LaRouche responded: "I think this is all kind of good, unless something disturbs it. Because the Israelis really want Syria negotiations now. This was crucial in the Annapolis proceedings. That is what made them successful, which is what I emphasized in the beginning. And we finally convinced enough people that that's the case, to do it. And it worked. I knew it would work. So, that's good."

Ha'aretz reports that the question of the Moscow conference could become clearer after the Quartet of Middle East mediators,-- Russia, the U.S., the UN and the European Union,-- meets Dec. 18 on the sidelines of a Palestinian donors' conference.