Sharon, Arad to head to Washington on strategic cooperation with US

The Israeli Premier's advisor for political affairs, Uzi Arad, will visit Washington within the coming days to hold talks with officials in the US administration on US - Israeli strategic cooperation.

Israeli radio said that Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon will head for Washington by the end of this week to hold talks with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright concerning final status talks between Israeli and the Palestinians.