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By Challiss McDonough
Cairo
16 October 2007

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice earned cautious Egyptian support for a Middle East peace meeting that the Bush administration wants to hold in the U.S. city of Annapolis, Maryland. She met with the Egyptian president and other officials in Cairo, after two days of shuttling back and forth 1 between Israel and the West Bank. VOA's Challiss McDonough reports from the Egyptian capital.


 


Speaking in Cairo, the secretary of state said she made it clear to both the Israelis and the Palestinians that the United States expects them to meet their obligations under the Mideast peace plan known as the "road map."


"There is a lot to be done here, by all parties. And the one thing I am very certain [of] is that the two principals here, Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas, see this as a moment in which we might really be able to advance the two-state solution and lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state based on negotiations 2. That's where we're going to park our hopes and dreams about this. But it's also on that basis that we're going to put maximum effort into fulfilling our obligations," she said.


Rice held talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the head of Egypt's intelligence service and the foreign minister.


Only a day earlier, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit talked about postponing 3 the summit. Aboul Gheit said the meeting in Maryland should only go forward when both sides are ready to hold real negotiations. But he also said his meeting with Secretary Rice renewed his trust and confidence.


"We are encouraged, because she says she is determined 4, and the president of the United States is determined to have a breakthrough during the remaining year of the administration. Then we have to believe them. I cannot doubt them," he said.


The Egyptian foreign minister refused to elaborate on his earlier remarks in which he accused some unnamed elements in Israel of undermining U.S. efforts to produce a credible 5 and binding 6 agreement out of the meeting.


"We have listened to so much emanating 7 from Israel over the last few days and we felt that there are certain quarters amongst the Israeli government who, they were not very positive on her effort. And because of this we cautioned such circles," he said.


The international community is hoping the Annapolis meeting will reinvigorate the peace process, which has been stalled for nearly seven years.


Arab states have expressed skepticism that the meeting will produce anything. A recent poll commissioned by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz found that some 56 percent of Jewish Israelis do not believe the meeting will help bring peace.


For all their agreement and optimism about the peace process, Rice and Aboul Gheit made it clear that they differ when it comes to Egyptian domestic issues. The secretary of state said she raised the issue of jailed opposition 8 leader Ayman Nour, and also expressed concern about the recent jail sentences for Egyptian journalists. It is unclear, however, whether the United States would apply any pressure on Egypt regarding human rights.


Aboul Gheit said flatly that Egypt will listen to such criticism, but it will not make any difference. He said the government will not interfere 9 with the courts.


The journalists who have been put on trial say the charges against them are politically motivated and aimed at silencing criticism of the government.


Rice said the Bush administration remains 10 determined to hold a Middle East peace meeting before the end of the year.


adv.向前;向外,往外
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
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。
v.延期,推迟( postpone的现在分词 )
  • He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。 来自辞典例句
  • I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。 来自辞典例句
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
adj.可信任的,可靠的
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的
  • The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
  • Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
v.从…处传出,传出( emanate的现在分词 );产生,表现,显示
  • Even so, there is a slight odour of potpourri emanating from Longfellow. 纵然如此,也还是可以闻到来自朗费罗的一种轻微的杂烩的味道。 来自辞典例句
  • Many surface waters, particularly those emanating from swampy areas, are often colored to the extent. 许多地表水,特别是由沼泽地区流出的地表水常常染上一定程度的颜色。 来自辞典例句
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰
  • If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话,可能弊多利少。
  • When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件,棘手的事情就来了。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
absorption reaction rate
abuse of law
acrobatic show
Aleksandrinka
Allo-PBSCT
application workspace
arbitrally
blinking method of stereoscopic viewing
brass watch case blank
Chilean tinamous
cixiid
clap-hand
common laburnum
compartment hot well
compartmentalised
conductivity
contra-cyclical measures
Coquimbo owl
cross platform
cyclotheric sedimentation
dc data set
determinable freeholds
diacetylurea
dicumarols
elasto-aerodynamics
erosional vacuity
erotematic
final thermomechanicaltreatment
Gamu
general most favoured nation clause
glory of the snow
green goodss
gyroso-
hally
haylee
hofners
hydrated stock
hyperthite
idiologism
in the jug
incidental cost
ioduretted
items sample
keep on trucking
kindjals
koevoets
laminated clay
Lasianthus formosensis
leveling off
macro-observation
magmatic circulation
marine windscreen
mGal, mgal
moisture measurer for sand and stone
muscle scars
N.C.
nbcc
nobeliums
nuclenoic
NuLab
on-state characteristic
peritoneal tap
phthioic acid
plate mangle
prends
prevention of collision
prolmon tablet
pyramidal cells
raw mast
reactor coolant system cold leg isolation valve
Regranex
relative-entropy
reliability index of generating system
risto
Rubus chiliadenus
sit down to
solti
standard reference materials
starch ester
static stability margin
stochastic procss
strict secrecy
stupiditarian
superior characters
switching pulse
symbiotic action
synedra undulata
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
systematic production of substitution lines
thuggish
total corneal transplantation
total variation decreasing scheme
Tuamarina
twin-screw conveyor
TWTA
ultraviolet radiations
unintentional nonlinearity
unquietous
wassily chair
wax string
y.m