(Reuters-Jerusalem Post) Britain said on Sunday it had reservations about the Middle East peace conference in Paris. "We have particular reservations about an international conference intended to advance peace between the parties that does not involve them - indeed which is taking place against the wishes of the Israelis - and which is taking place just days before the transition to a new American President when the U.S. will be the ultimate guarantor of any agreement," a Foreign Office statement said. "There are risks therefore that this conference hardens positions at a time when we need to be encouraging the conditions for peace." Britain did not send a senior diplomat to the conference and did not back the final communique.
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