US to work with Egypt, Palestinian and Israel sides to break cycle of violence
Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/8/2001

US President George Bush said he has sent a message to President Hosni Mubarak in which he underlined US commitment to establishing peace in the Middle East and ending the cycle of violence in the Palestinian territories between Israel and Palestinians.

He said in statements to reporters that the United States was involved in endeavors for establishing peace in the Middle East.

"I told Mubarak we're still very much engaged in the process, obviously, that we take violence very seriously in the Middle East.

The Middle East is one of our top foreign policy. Peace in the Middle East is of a top foreign policy priority, and that we need to work together to convince both sides to break the cycle of violence," Bush said in statements in his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on Tuesday.

Bush added he also had contacts with king Abdullah II of Jordan and made it clear to him that Washington was "very much involved".

"Our administration is in contact with the Israelis and the Palestinians on a regular basis. We will continue to do so. It is important for both sides to break the cycle of violence," Bush said.

"We have laid out a frame work to get to Mitchell.And once into Mitchell, hopefully, sanity will prevail. But we haven't gotten into Mitchell yet violence stops," he added.

The President said he held talks earlier in the day with National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice on the Middle East situation and that Us ambassador in Tel Aviv Daniel Kurtzer had met on the issue with Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon.

On Friday, President Mubarak had sent a message to Bush in which he warned against the outcome of continued Israeli aggressions and demanded more effective US role to help break the cycle of Israeli violence.

Mubarak also asked the US President to back the dispatch of international monitors to the Occupied Palestinian territories as soon as possible.

On his part, Daniel Kurtzer said the State Department has started to work on details of a mechanism for monitoring cease-fire in the West Bank and Gaza.

The CIA representive in Tel aviv will chair this mechanism.

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