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Powell Expresses Disappointment Over Israeli Record on Settlements


(VOA News) In a talk with reporters after meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom Tuesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell said: "With respect to the outposts, and other activity related to settlements and access, the minister and I had an open and candid discussion about it....I explained to the minister that we have some disappointment in the rate at which outposts have been removed and the minister gave me assurances that they are hard at work on that, and we'll be exchanging more information on the subject." Shalom said the Sharon government is committed to removing the unauthorized outposts, even though he said the Palestinians have done nothing to implement their "road map" commitments.
2004-07-07 00:00:00
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