JORDAN: Olmert, Abbas aim for summit in weeks
published: Friday | June 23, 2006

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PETRA, JORDAN (REUTERS):

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed at an informal, but warm, meeting in Jordan yesterday to hold a summit in the next few weeks sought by Middle East peace brokers.

Shaking hands at a breakfast hosted by Jordan's King Abdullah for Nobel prize laureates in the ancient town of Petra, Olmert and Abbas met for the first time since the Israeli leader took office last month. They both smiled for the cameras, signalling that chances for dialogue were still alive despite a surge in violence along the Israel-Gaza border.