Peace Deal: Unconfirmed Details Emerge

August 2008 | Political Risk Alert

Reports in Israeli media today give the most hopeful sign yet that a peace deal could be struck with Syria. According to the Jerusalem Post, quoting envoys present at the recent talks in Turkey, representatives from the two countries came up with a detailed framework for a treaty, entailing three main clauses. Although unconfirmed, the reports suggest that the framework consists of (a) provision for the normalisation of bilateral relations, and the establishment of diplomatic presence in each other's capitals, (b) the details of the terms of normalisation and (c) the security arrangements for a full Israeli withdrawal from the

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