Palestine lays great hope on Albright's tour

Member for the executive committee for the Palestinian liberation organization Saad Abd El-Rahman who is responsible for the refugees issues said that the Palestinian side lays great hopes on the current tour to the Middle East by U.S secretary of state Madeleine Albright.

He stated that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat asked Albright during their meeting today for the implementation of signed agreements between the Israeli and Palestinian sides and international legitimacy resolutions that call on Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian lands that occupied since 1967 including Jerusalem.

He depicted Jerusalem as being the perpetual capital of the Palestinian country saying the is universal support for that and the establishment of the Palestinian state that has full sovereignty.