Скачать или смотреть Nabil Shaath comments on tension during visit to Paris

(13 Jul 2005)

1. Palestinian officials stand as French Foreign Minister arrives
2. Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath goes over to shake hands with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy
3. Shaath and Douste-Blazy entering meeting room, followed by delegations
4. Wide of meeting
5. Close up on Douste-Blazy
6. Close up on Shaath
7. Wide of meeting
8. Shaath and Douste-Blazy coming out of meeting
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Philippe Douste-Blazy, French Foreign Minister:
"France remains, as you know, firmly in favour of the peace process. With the European Union, we will continue to work closely on the restructuring of the Palestinian Authority's administration, and to do everything we can so that the Gaza withdrawal is accompanied by a political process aiming to give political and economic stability for all the Palestinian territories."
10. Officials from listening
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister
"The Netanya attack has had, of course, some negative consequences. Israel has already sealed off Gaza and the West Bank, suspended all contacts with the Palestinians and accused, as usual, Abu Mazen (note: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas) of being responsible for what happened. Israelis re-occupied Tulkarem and killed a Palestinian policeman. This is all bad news. We hope it will stop rapidly so we can go back to co-ordinating the withdrawal of Gaza. We will do everything we can to stop these attacks. Abu Mazen met today with all the Palestinian groups and got the insurance that the ceasefire will be respected. Tomorrow, Abu Mazen will leave for a week in Gaza to meet with all Palestinian parties and ensure the respect of the ceasefire."
12. Shaath and Douste-Blazy shaking hands
13. Douste-Blazy escorting Shaath

STORYLINE

The Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath said he hoped the situation could return to normal as soon as possible following the "negative consequences" of the suicide attack in Netanya which killed four Israelis.

He was speaking after a meeting in Paris on Wednesday with the French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy.

Israeli forces retook the West Bank city of Tulkarem in an offensive the army said was aimed at
the Islamic Jihad group behind a suicide bombing that killed two teenage girls and two women in Israel.

Israel also sealed off all Jewish settlements in the occupied Gaza Strip to prevent resistance to a planned withdrawal from the territory in mid-August.

Following the meeting, Douste-Blazy said France would do all it could to make sure the Gaza withdrawal was accompanied by a political process that would give political and economic stability for all the Palestinian territories.

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