Current differences won't affect U.S.-Israel ties - Obama envoy
08:09, 10 June 2009
TEL AVIV. June 10. KAZINFORM The United States will maintain close relations with Israel despite current differences over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the president's special envoy to the region said Tuesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The Barack Obama administration has urged the new Israeli government to halt settlement construction in the West Bank, the Palestinians' main condition for a peace deal, and to support a two-state solution to the conflict. Settlement growth has been a key point of dispute between Israel and the U.S.
George Mitchell said policy differences "are not disagreements among adversaries" but between "close allies and friends"; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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