Israeli, Palestinian preparation meetings for Sharm al-Sheikh summit

The Palestinian negotiations affairs minister Saeb Oreikat announced that the Palestinian and Israeli sides held on Thursday a security and political meeting in preparation for the forthcoming summit which will be held in addition to the Egyptian president by the King of Jordan Abdullah II, the chairman of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

US President George W. Bush in his speech before the Congress said that seeing the Israelis and the Palestinians living in peace in two democratic states is a matter within reach.