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By Colin McCullough
Moscow
19 April 2008


Discussions continued Friday in Moscow on Russia's offer to host a second Middle East peace conference. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Russia's capital where he met with several officials, including President Vladimir Putin. From Moscow, Colin McCullough reports for VOA.


President Vladimir Putin returned from visits to Libya and Italy to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday. The two discussed plans for Moscow to host the conference in June.


Russian officials see the conference as a follow-up to the Annapolis, Maryland conference held by the Untied 1 States in November. That conference revived talks between Israel and the Palestinians with the aim of reaching a peace agreement by the end of this year.


At the meeting in Moscow Friday, Mr. Putin acknowledged the tensions between Israel and the Palestinians resulting from rocket attacks on Israel launched from Gaza and the scale of Israel's response.


Mr. Putin said this is a difficult moment in the peace process but that efforts for peace by Mr. Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are welcome.


Mr. Abbas said he believes the Moscow conference will make progress toward a comprehensive peace.


Earlier in his visit to Moscow, Mr. Abbas met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The two agreed that future mideast negotiations 2 should involve Lebanon and Syria. That would open the possibility for a peace agreement between Israel and those two Arab countries.


Although Mr. Abbas said he is enthusiastic about a Russia-hosted conference, Israel has not made a commitment and has expressed reluctance 3 in the past.


Some analysts 5 contend that Russia's possible role is unclear as its influence in the region has weakened.


"Russia can be only an intermediary - no more than that. I mean, we can sort of sit at the table and ask both sides to be nice to each other. But if they refuse to be nice to each other, or actually refuse to attend, there's nothing much we can do," said Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent, Moscow-based political analyst 4.


Mr. Putin has been active on the diplomatic front lately, meeting with three foreign leaders in the past two days.


Before he met with the Palestinian leader, the Russian president traveled to Libya to meet with Moammar Gadhafi and to Sardinia where he met with Silvio Berlusconi, whose coaliton won parliamentary elections in Italy earlier this week.


Mr. Putin's second term as president comes to an end within weeks. But he is expected to become Russia's prime minister under President-elect Dmitry Medvedev.




松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
  • The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
  • He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
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acnodal cubic
acoustic instrument
Albert's staining
atomizing apparatus
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braunsapis mixta
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chromatic transference scale
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crural fossae
cutaneous amebiasis
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file reconstitution
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Flavoteben
for months
Fundamental forecasting
gear type locating ring
geast
glucosides
gross sum
harvest-times
heat service conveyor belt
heavy cargo ship
home-lovings
hygrometer calibration chamber
Hyoid-cartilage
hypercorticism
inaudibility
incretory glands
independent linking up gear
information and communications technology
infrared measurement
inter-utereral
investment in affiliates
journey at reduced fare
Kivertsi
kosraeans
lasianthus obliquinervis simizui
lateral lymph nodes
Lima Duarte
lintel(l)ed
m'raq
made the rounds
Medroeort
methanolates
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Morris County
myoplasty
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orizio
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phalacrotophora (plalacrotophora) flaviclava
Pindarist
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portal frame type platform
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potting machine
poured joint filler
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pulse mode multiplex
re-lease
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Salenijdae
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sampling system of reactor
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tercentenary
typing by looking
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up-todate
Zebulon