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Clinton consults with Egypt

By AP Wire Services
Published: 11/4/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 11/4/2009 4:36 AM

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a hastily arranged stop in the Egyptian capital Tuesday to consult with a longtime Arab ally amid indications of a shifting U.S. strategy for getting Israel and the Palestinians back to peace negotiations.

Instead of returning to Washington, as scheduled, after attending an international conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Clinton flew to Cairo and held late-night talks with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian intelligence chief.

She was due to meet Wednesday with President Hosni Mubarak before returning to Washington to brief President Barack Obama.

Egypt and other Arab nations reacted with strong concern to remarks Clinton made in Jerusalem on Saturday.

She caused a stir when she said with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at her side that his government's offer to restrain — but not stop — settlement activity in Palestinian areas was unprecedented.

On Tuesday in Marrakech, Clinton seemed to indicate that the U.S. would like the Palestinians to accept something less than a full stop to Israeli settlements, with the stipulation that they may achieve that goal in direct negotiations.

Palestinian leaders have said they will not return to peace talks with Israel unless it halts all settlement building on lands they claim for a future state. By AP Wire Services

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