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24 November 2000
PM Barak and Chairman Arafat agreed to renew the joint security cooperation
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Prime Minister Ehud Barak spoke today with the President of Russia, Vladimir
Putin, and during the conversation also spoke with the Chairman of the
Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, who was in Putin's office at that
time.
The Prime Minister told President Putin that at present all efforts
should be made to stop the violence and terror, and described the
severity of the latest incidents. President Putin asked the Prime
Minister if he would be willing to speak with his guest, Arafat, and the
Prime Minister agreed.
The Prime Minister emphasized to Arafat the need
to aggressively and immediately work against any expressions of
incitement, violence and terror.
Barak and Arafat agreed to maintain joint security cooperation at the
field level, and in this regard to renew the activities of the joint
liaison office. Chairman Arafat thanked Prime Minister Barak for the
medical assistance given to the Palestinians wounded in the attack on
the DCO in the Gaza Strip. Chairman Arafat added that he is committed
to doing everything he could to put an end to the violence.
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