MIDEAST > Israeli president and Palestinian PM share table at Davos: Report

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Israel's President, Shimon Peres, speaks to the assembly of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. AP photo

Israeli President Simon Peres and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad lunched in the same table at this year’s Davos meetings, a prominent Turkish columnist has reported.

Ertuğrul Özkök of daily Hürriyet wrote that Peres and Fayyad shared the same table along with five other leaders during a lunch event organized by the U.S. daily Washington Post.

“We are tired of the discourse of hatred,” said Peres, while Fayyad replied, “Look, we both share the same table,” according to Özkök.

Noting that former Turkish President Turgut Özal his Greek counterpart Andreas Papandreu warmed up Turkish-Greek relations during a previous Davos summit, Özkök wrote that this year's meeting could prove to be of great importance.

January/26/2013

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Turk down under

1/28/2013 12:22:09 PM

RTE left out in the cold. Ah well he'll live and learn I suppose!

john albay

1/27/2013 1:51:51 AM

Lets hope the evil zionist goverment will stop building on the arab lands,and return to the peace table and work out a peace deal which would suit both sides! But firstb the zionist jews must get off their high horse and talk to the goverment of Palistine.

rich bind

1/26/2013 9:23:26 PM

Interesting to note that the Turkish government is more strident in its unwillingness to engage Israel than the Palestinian leadership. That's why Turkey is and will be on the sidelines when peace negotiations resume (which they will). Mediation will happen and most likely it will be the US, EU or maybe even Egypt, that will get the credit for any progress on that front, . . but it will not be Turkey.

mara mcglothin

1/26/2013 8:17:27 PM

What no finger pointing? Looks like RTE missed another opportunity to represent Turkey in a good light among leaders from the international community.

ilker avni

1/26/2013 7:11:35 PM

Mary Robinson the ex Irish president warned israel that a one state solution was not exceptable by the world and would harm Israels security and could be the end of israel.

Rimon Tree

1/26/2013 5:30:47 PM

Now this I would call the adequate behaviour of statesmen, esteemed PM! You should be ashamed of yours!

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